Section 127, The Criminal Procedure Act, 2024

(1) Subject to section 126, an indictment charging a personwith an offence triable before the High Court may be preferred by a person before a Court in which the person charged may be lawfully indicted for that offence. 70 71 Refusal to enter into Preferment Form 26 Forfeiture and levy of Register of Form 27&28 Conditions for filing of (2) A Law Officer shall, where an indictment has been preferred, unless the defendant has been acquitted and discharged sign the indictment and proceed accordingly: (3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), a Judge may, on the application of the prosecutor, direct a Law Officer to sign the indictment and the indictment shall be signed accordingly. (4) This section shall not be construed so as to derogate from the powers conferred upon the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice by section 64 of the Constitution and on the Director of Public Prosecutions by section 66 of the Constitution and section 45, of this Act.