Criminal Procedure Rules 2005

The clerk of arraigns must issue a certificate, in the form of Form 13, of the final outcome of a charge before the court and the orders made as a result.

The certificate must be issued in addition to any warrant needed to enforce an order of the court.

A copy of any warrant needed to enforce an order of the court must be attached to the certificate.

The certificate must be signed by the judge who presided at the final determination of the charge.

A copy of the certificate must be sent to —

the Commissioner of Police; and

the chief executive officer of the department of the Public Service principally assisting the Minister who administers the Sentence Administration Act 2003; and

the chairperson of the Parole Board ¹; and

if the case requires, the President of the Mental Impairment Review Tribunal; and

any person to whom an order made by the court in the trial or other proceedings is directed.

The certificate is the formal record of the court and forms part of the court’s record.