Section 126, The Criminal Procedure Act, 2024

(1) An indictment charging a person with an offencetriable in the High Court may be preferred where - (a) there has been a committal for trial in the High Court consequent upon committal proceedings in accordance with Part IV; (b) pursuant to an application, the written consent of a Judge has been obtained; (c) the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice has filed an ex-officio information; (d) the Anti-Corruption Act, 2008 authorises the Anti- Corruption Commissioner to do so. (2) Where a defendant has been committed for trial, the indictment may include either in substitution for or in addition to counts charging the offence for which he was committed, any counts founded on facts or evidence disclosed in the written statements and depositions, being counts which may be lawfully joined in the same (3) An application shall be made for - (a) the preferment of an indictment under paragraph (b) of subsection (1); or (b) a warrant of arrest for a defendant in respect of whom an ex-officio information is filed under paragraph (c) of subsection (1). INDICTMENT