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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]]]]

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.

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: