Legal Supplement Part B–Vol. 55, No. 45–21st April, 2016
LEGAL NOTICE NO. 55
REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT, CHAP. 12:02
RULES
MADE BY THE RULES COMMITTEE UNDER SECTION 78(A) OF THE SUPREME
COURT OF JUDICATURE ACT, CHAP. 4:01; SECTION 41 OF THE JURY ACT,
CHAP. 6:53; SECTION 14(C) OF THE EVIDENCE ACT, CHAP. 7:01;
SECTION 16B OF THE INDICTABLE OFFENCES (PRELIMINARY ENQUIRY) ACT,
CHAP. 12:01; SECTION 77(1) OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT,
CHAP. 12:02 AND SUBJECT TO NEGATIVE RESOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT
THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE RULES, 2016
1. Citation and Commencement
1.1 These Rules may be cited as the Criminal Procedure Rules, 2016.
1.2 These Rules shall come into force on 2nd January, 2017.
2. Interpretation
2.1 In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires–
“accused” means a person against whom a complaint is made,
information is laid, or an indictment is preferred and
includes a defendant;
“authorised officer” means an officer so designated by virtue of
section 43(3) of the Summary Courts Act;
“complainant” includes a person who files a complaint in
relation to either an indictable or summary offence;
“court” means a Summary Court or the High Court or a
Magistrate or a Judge of the High Court or Master of the
High Court;
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