A move to end time-consuming preliminary inquiries in the courts is moving ahead with a major reform bill soon to go to Cabinet and then to the National Assembly.
In what would be a major development in the justice system once passed in Parliament, the Attorney General’s Chambers yesterday released the draft Criminal Law Procedure (Paper Committals) Bill 2023.
A statement from the Attorney General’s Chambers said that the Bill provides for the abolition of preliminary inquiries and their substitution with paper committals, which involve reviewing the evidence and arguments presented by both the Prosecution and the Defence in written form, rather than conducting an in-person hearing.
