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{{Short description|Replacement of earlier grand jury process except in US}}

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{{Inline citations|date=May 2024}}[[File:Melbourne Magistrates Court - William Street.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Melbourne Magistrates' Court]]. In [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria, Australia]], all committal procedures take place in the [[Magistrates' Court of Victoria|Magistrates' Court]]]]

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In [[law]], a '''committal procedure''' is the process by which a defendant is charged with a serious offence under the [[criminal justice]] systems of all [[common law]] jurisdictions except the [[United States]].; Thewhich, committalinstead, procedure replacesretains the earlier [[grand jury]] process.

[[File:Melbourne Magistrates Court - William Street.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Melbourne Magistrates' Court]]. In [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria, Australia]], all committal procedures take place in the [[Magistrates' Court of Victoria|Magistrates' Court]]]]

In [[law]], a '''committal procedure''' is the process by which a defendant is charged with a serious offence under the [[criminal justice]] systems of all [[common law]] jurisdictions except the [[United States]]. The committal procedure replaces the earlier [[grand jury]] process.

Sometimes the committal procedure includes a [[preliminary hearing]]., Sometimessometimes the committal procedureit does not include a preliminary hearing.<ref>For example, sections 101B and 101C(b)(iii) of the [[Justices Act, 1902]] (aka the Justices Act, 1902-1976), as inserted by section 6 of the [[Justices Act Amendment Act 1976]] of Western Australia, provided that a person could be committed for trial without a preliminary hearing if he said that he that he did not want a preliminary hearing.</ref>

In most jurisdictions criminal offences fall into one of three groups:

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==Notes and references==

*Clifford E M Chatterton and Philip K Brown. Committals for Trial to the Crown Court: The Law and Practice. Fourmat Publishing. London. 1988.

*John Bowers. "Committal for trial". Practice Notes on Procedure in Courts. Chapter 8.3 at pages [https://books.google.com/books?id=neZIUubE-oUC&pg=PA81 81] to 84.

*Peter Hungerford-Welch. "Committal for sentence". Criminal Procedure and Sentencing. Eighth Edition. Routledge. 2014. Chapter 5.13 at pages [https://books.google.com/books?id=upL8AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA112 112] to 116.

*P J Hidden, "The Benefits of Committal Proceedings" (1990 to 1991) 2 Current Issues in Criminal Justice [https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/cicj2&div=21&id=&page= 19]

*John B Bishop, "The Abolition of Committal Proceedings" (1990 to 1991) 2 Current Issues in Criminal Justice [https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/cicj2&div=23&id=&page= 37]

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*Bruce M Haines, "Committals and Certiorari" (1965 to 1966) 8 Criminal Law Quarterly [https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/clwqrty8&div=31&id=&page= 141]

*"Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000: Committal for Sentencing" (2012) 76 Journal of Criminal Law [https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/jcriml76&div=10&id=&page= 12]

*"Committals for Sentence under Ss. 41 and 56 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1967" (1970) 34 Journal of Criminal Law [https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/jcriml34&div=33&id=&page= 200]

*"From Committal Proceedings to Transfer for Trial" (1995) [https://books.google.com/books?id=qH8wAQAAIAAJ 159] Justice of the Peace & Local Government Law 379 (10 June 1995)

*Marjorie Jones, "FromPublicity for Committal Proceedings" toin Transfer"As forI see Trialit" (19951980) [https://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=qH8wAQAAIAAJo4QwAQAAIAAJ 159144] Justice of the Peace & Local Government Law 379269 (103 JuneMay 19951980)

*Marjorie Jones, "Publicity for Committal Proceedings" in "AsNotes Iof seethe itYear" (19801949) [https://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=o4QwAQAAIAAJZdPtfUGHyb0C 1449] JusticeThe ofHoward theJournal Peace 269 (3 May 1980)7

*"PublicityEffect forof CommittalLapse Proceedings"of inTime "Noteson ofCommittal the YearProceedings" (19491991) [https://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=ZdPtfUGHyb0CkKBJAQAAIAAJ 955] The Howard Journal 7of Criminal Law 295

*"EffectCommittal ofProceedings Lapse- ofAdversarial Timeor on Committal ProceedingsInquisitorial?" (19911995) [https://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=kKBJAQAAIAAJ54pJAQAAIAAJ 5559] The Journal of Criminal Law 295111

*"Committal Proceedingsfor -Trial Adversarialby orQuarter Inquisitorial?Sessions" in "General Intelligence" (19951936) [https://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=54pJAQAAIAAJg_wwAQAAIAAJ 59181] The JournalLaw ofTimes Criminal473 Law(13 111June 1936)

*"Committal for Trial by Quarter Sessions" in "General Intelligence" (1936) [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=g_wwAQAAIAAJ 181] The Law Times 473 (13 June 1936)

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