S.L. 90.1 ст. 2Prosecutions by Attorney General and delegation of functions. Cap. 90.  Cap. 9.  Cap. 9.  Cap. 9.  Cap. 9. 

(1) The powers and functions of the Attorney General as provided under article 3 of the Attorney General Ordinance shall insofar as they refer to the power to institute and conduct prosecutions before the Court of Magistrates either as a court of criminal judicature or as a court of criminal inquiry apply in respect of the crimes listed in the Schedule.

(2) Without prejudice to paragraph (f) of item 1 of the Schedule, the powers and functions referred to in sub-regulation (1) shall also apply to any crime charged together with a crime listed in the Schedule.

(3) The powers and functions referred to in sub-regulation

(1) shall be subject to being delegated in full or in part by the Attorney General, by general or special direction, to the Commissioner of Police or to another public authority having prosecution powers. In the exercise of the said functions in relation to the conduct of prosecutions the Attorney General may also, in the absence of delegation, obtain the assistance of the Commissioner of Police or of such other public authority having prosecution powers.

(4) In prosecutions conducted by the Attorney General before the Court of Magistrates, the following functions shall be executed by the Executive Police:

(a) the service of charges in terms of articles 358 and

360 of the Criminal Code;

(b) the execution of warrants and orders of arrest or search in terms of article 359 of the Criminal Code;

(c) the service of subpoenae of witnesses in terms of article 365 of the Criminal Code and the service of any other acts which the prosecution is required to serve on any person;

(d) the execution of judgments and orders in terms of article 366 of the Criminal Code. (TRANSITORY PROVISIONS)

SCHEDULE

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Powers of the Attorney General to prosecute 