The indictment


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Practice notes

The indictment


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Practice notes
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The Rules relating to the form of Indictments and the procedure for their creation and Adoption are contained in the following:

  1. •

    the Indictments Act 1915 (IA 1915)

  2. •

    section 2 of the Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1933 (AJ(MP)A 1933), and

  3. •

    Parts 3, 10 and 25 of the Criminal Procedure Rules 2020 (CrimPR 2020), SI 2020/759

For information on what an indictment must contain, its form, dealing with defects and amending indictments, see Practice Note: The indictment—content, form, defects and amendments.

What is an indictment?

An indictment is the formal document containing the list of charges against a defendant which is preferred (formally served) in the Crown Court. This is a different document to the written charge or information produced by the prosecution in order to commence the prosecution in the magistrates' court. See Practice Notes: Commencing criminal proceedings—applying for the issue of a summons and Commencing criminal proceedings—written charge and requisition or single justice procedure notice.

The indictment is traditionally drafted by the prosecutor, eg the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) or other prosecuting authority. In

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The indictment consists of the charge or charges preferred against the defendant by the prosecution once the case is begun.

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