LawgistThe National Security Guard Act
77Choice between Criminal Court and Security Guard Court
When a Criminal Court and a Security Guard Court have each jurisdiction in respect of an offence, it shall be in the discretion of the Director-General, or the Inspector-General or the Deputy Inspector-General, within whose command the accused person is serving or such other officer as may be prescribed, to decide before which Court the proceedings shall be instituted, and, if that officer decides that they shall be instituted before a Security Guard Court, to direct that the accused person shall be detained in Security Guard custody.
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SECURITY GUARD COURTS
- 61 Kinds of security Guard Courts
- 62 Power to convene General Security Guard Court
- 63 Power to convene a Petty Security Guard Court
- 64 Contents of warrants issued under sections 62 and 63
- 65 Composition of General Security Guard Court
- 66 Composition of a Petty Security Guard Court
- 67 Summary Security Guard Court
- 68 Dissolution of a Security Guard Court
- 69 Powers of a General Security Guard Court
- 70 Powers of a Petty Security Guard Court
- 71 Powers of a Summary Security Guard Court
- 72 Prohibition of second trial
- 73 Period of limitation for trial
- 74 Trial, etc., of offender who ceases to be subject to this Act
- 75 Application of Act during term of sentence
- 76 Place of trial
- 77 Choice between Criminal Court and Security Guard Court
- 78 Power of criminal court to require delivery of offender
