(1) Upon receipt of the holding charge, the President of the
Court shall designate the Examining Magistrate to conduct the inquiry.
(2) Petitions for release on bail lodged with the Examining
Magistrate shall be notified forthwith to the Legal Department and
processed within 48 (forty-eight) hours.
(3) A preliminary inquiry shall be closed within 180 (one
hundred and eighty) days after the preferment of the holding charge
either by a non-committal or a committal order
(4) An objection of incompetence raised before the
Examining Magistrate shall be referred to the Court in the event of the
close of the inquiry by a committal order.
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In force from 8 September 2026
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