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Line 4: 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]]., ~~Sometimes~~sometimes ~~the committal procedure~~it 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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