No true bill
297A No true bill
(1) When a person charged with an indictable offence has been committed for trial and it is not intended to put him on his trial a Crown Law Officer shall:
issue a certificate to that effect; and
deliver it to the person committed:
(i) if the person is not in custody, by giving it to him personally or sending it by post to his last known address; or
(ii) if the person is in custody, by sending it by post or giving it to the person who has custody of him.
(2) If the committed person has been released on bail, upon the issue of the certificate, the bail undertaking and any conditions of bail shall cease to have effect and any security or money deposited thereunder shall be returned to the person who deposited it.
(3) If the committed person has not been released on bail, upon the delivery of the certificate, the warrant of commitment shall cease to have effect.
Division 2 Indictments
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