Belize Indictable Procedure Act Revised Edition 2003: Showing The Subsidiary Laws As at 31St October, 2003

BELIZE
INDICTABLE PROCEDURE ACT

CHAPTER 96
REVISED EDITION 2003

SHOWING THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS AS AT 31ST OCTOBER, 2003
This is a revised edition of the Subsidiary Laws, prepared by the Law Revision
Commissioner under the authority of the Law Revision Act, Chapter 3 of the Substantive
Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2000.
ARRANGEMENT OF SUBSIDIARY LAWS

BELIZE
INDICTABLE PROCEDURE ACT

CHAPTER 96
REVISED EDITION 2003

SHOWING THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS AS AT 31ST OCTOBER, 2003
This is a revised edition of the Subsidiary Laws, prepared by the Law Revision
Commissioner under the authority of the Law Revision Act, Chapter 3 of the Substantive
Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2000.
This edition contains a consolidation of the following laws- Page
SUPREME COURT (COUNSEL’S FEES IN CAPITAL 3-4

TRIALS) RULES
INDICTABLE PROCEDURE RULES 5 - 47

Indictable Procedure [CAP. 96 3
CHAPTER 96
SUPREME COURT (COUNSEL’S FEES IN

CAPITAL TRIALS) RULES
ARRANGEMENT OF RULES
1. Short title.
2. Fees of Court.
THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003
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30 of 1964. SUPREME COURT (COUNSEL’S FEES IN

77 of 1996. CAPITAL TRIALS) RULES
Ch. 93.
(Section 194 (2)
[27th January, 1964]

Short Title. 1. These Rules may be cited as the
SUPREME COURT (COUNSEL’S FEES IN

CAPITAL TRIALS) RULES.
Fees of 2. Whenever counsel is assigned by the Court or the Chief Justice or

Court. other Judge thereof to defend any person charged with a capital offence who
has not the means to retain and pay for the services of counsel, the honorarium
which the Court or the Chief Justice or other Judge may authorise to be paid
under section 194 (2) of the Indictable Procedure Act to counsel so assigned
shall be ascertained according to the following scale:
77 of 1996. For Retainer ………………………………………... $500.00
77 of 1996. In respect of each day on which Counsel in pursuance

of such assignment appears in Court and conducts
the defence before a jury …………………………..... $100.00
77 of 1996. So however that the total of all fees paid under this
rule in respect of any one trial shall not exceed ………$1000.00
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CHAPTER 96
INDICTABLE PROCEDURE (FORMS) RULES
ARRANGEMENT OF RULES
1. Short title.
2. Forms.
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CHAPTER 96
Ch. 22 INDICTABLE PROCEDURE (FORMS) RULES

Ch.93
(Section 197)
Short title. 1. These Rules may be cited as the
INDICTABLE PROCEDURE (FORMS) RULES.
Forms. 2. The forms set out in Part I and Part II of the Schedule are prescribed
pursuant to section 197 of the Indictable Procedure Act, for use respectively
in a preliminary inquiry into, and at the trial of, a crime, and like appropriate
forms may be used in cases not provided for in these Rules.
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SCHEDULE
PART I
FORMS FOR USE AT A PRELIMINARY INQUIRY
No. 1
SUMMONS
[Sections 18 and 21]
BELIZE TO WIT:
(Heading)
To , of (occupation).
WHEREAS you have this day been charged before the undersigned
magistrate in and for Belize for that you on
at (etc., stating shortly the offence):
THESE are therefore to command you, in Her Majesty’s name, to be
and appear before me on at o’clock in the
forenoon at or before such other magistrate as may then be there
to answer to the said charge and to be further dealt with according to law.
Herein fail not.
Given under my hand and seal this day of
in the year of our Lord at in Belize.
Magistrate
Judicial District
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No. 2
SUMMONS OF A WITNESS
[Section 19]
BELIZE TO WIT:
(Heading)
To ,of (occupation)
THESE are to require you to be and to appear before me on
next at o’clock in the forenoon at o r
before such other magistrate as may then be there to testify what you shall
know concerning a certain charge of made
against a certain said .
Herein fail not.

Magistrate
Judicial District
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No. 3
WARRANT WHERE A WITNESS HAS NOT OBEYED A

SUMMONS
[Section 19]
BELIZE TO WIT:
(Heading)
To and to all and every the police constables and peace

officers of Belize:
WHEREAS information was laid (or complaint was made) before

the under signed magistrate in Belize for that (etc., as in the said summons); and
it having been made to appear to me upon oath, that of
in Belize (occupation) was likely to give material evidence on behalf
of the (prosecutor or defendant) I did duly issue my summons to the said
, requiring him to be and appear on at
o’clock in the forenoon of the same day at before such
magistrate as might then be there, to testify what he shall know concerning the
said , or the matter of the said information (or complaint):
AND WHEREAS proof hath this day been made before me upon oath of such
summons having been duly served upon the said ,
and of a reasonable sum having been paid (or tendered) to him for his costs
and expenses in that behalf: AND WHEREAS the said ,hath
neglected to appear at the time and place appointed by the said summons, and
no just excuse hath been offered for such neglect: THESE are therefore to
command you to take the said , and to bring and have him on
at o’clock in the forenoon, at
before such magistrate as may then be there, to testify what he shall know
concerning the matter of the said information (or complaint).
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Given under my hand and seal, this day of in

the year of our Lord.
Magistrate
Judicial District
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No. 4
CERTIFICATE OF NON-APPEARANCE TO BE
INDORSED IN THE DEFENDANTS’
RECOGNISANCE
I hereby certify that the said , hath not appeared at the

time and place in the said condition mentioned, but therein hath made default,
by reason whereof the within written recognisance is forfeited.
Dated day of ,2 .
Magistrate
Judicial District
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No. 5
SEARCH WARRANT
[Section 20]
BELIZE TO WIT:
(Heading)
To and to all and every the police constables and peace

officers of Belize:
WHEREAS it appears, upon the oath of ,of

that there is reason to suspect that (insert description of the things to be
searched for, and of the offence in respect of which the search is made) are
concealed in at :
THIS is therefore to authorise and require you to enter, between the

hours of 5 a.m. and 8 p.m. into the said premises, and to search for the said
things, and to bring the same before me or some other magistrate.
Magistrate
Judicial District
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No. 6
WARRANT TO APPREHEND IN FIRST INSTANCE

[Sections 18 and 21]
BELIZE TO WIT:
(Heading)
To and to all constables and peace officers of Belize:
WHEREAS , of (occupation) hath

this day been charged upon oath before the undersigned magistrate in and for
Belize, for that he on at did (etc., stating
shortly the offence):
THESE are therefore to command you, in Her Majesty’s name,

forthwith to apprehend the said , and to bring him before
(me), or some other magistrate in and for Belize, to answer unto the said
charge, and to be further dealt with according to law.
Given under my hand and seal this day of

Magistrate
Judicial District
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No. 7
INFORMATION AND COMPLAINT

[Section 21]
BELIZE TO WIT:
(Heading)
The information of taken this day

of ,2 , before the undersigned magistrate in and for Belize, who
saith that (etc., stating the offence).
Sworn to the day and year above-mentioned.
Before
Magistrate
Judicial District
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No. 8
WARRANT WHERE THE SUMMONS IS DISOBEYED

[Section 24 (3)]
BELIZE TO WIT:
(Heading)
To and to all constables and peace officers of Belize:
WHEREAS on the last past ,of

(occupation) was charged before the undersigned magistrate in and for Belize,
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for that (etc., as in the summons):
AND WHEREAS a summons was then issued to the said

commanding him, in Her Majesty’s name, to be and appear before me on
at o’clock in the forenoon at or
before such other magistrate as might then be there to answer to the said
charge, and to be further dealt with according to law:
AND WHEREAS the said ,hath neglected to be or

appear at the time and place appointed in and by the said summons, although,
it hath now been proved to me upon oath that the said summons was duly
served upon the said :
THESE are therefore to command you, in Her Majesty’s name,

forthwith to apprehend the said ,and to bring him before me
or some other magistrate to answer to the said charge, and to be further dealt
with according to law.
Given under my hand this day of in the year of

our Lord at in Belize.
Magistrate
Judicial District
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No. 9
WARRANT TO CONVEY ACCUSED PERSON BEFORE THE

MAGISTRATE OF ANOTHER DISTRICT
[Section 26]
BELIZE TO WIT:
(Heading)
To and to all and every the police constables and

peace officers of Belize:
WHEREAS information has been laid before me, the undersigned

magistrate for the judicial district, for that
(State concisely the substance for the information):
AND WHEREAS I have taken the deposition of of

as to the said offence:
AND WHEREAS the charge is of an offence committed in the

judicial district:
THIS is to command you to convey the said ,of

before the magistrate of the last-mentioned judicial
district, and to deliver to him this warrant and the said deposition.
Dated this day of ,2 .
Magistrate
Judicial District
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No. 10
CHARGING ACCUSED PERSON

[Section 34]
BELIZE TO WIT:
(Heading)
A charge having been made against ,before the

undersigned magistrate for that (state concisely the substance of the charge)
and the said charge having been read to the said ,and the
witnesses for the prosecution having been severally examined in his presence,
the said is addressed by me as follows-
“Do you wish to say anything in answer to the charge? You are not
obliged to say anything, unless you desire to do so, but whatever you
say will be taken down in writing and may be given in evidence upon
your trial.”
Before such accused person shall make any statement, the magistrate
shall state to him and give him clearly to understand that he has nothing to hope
from any promise of favour and nothing to fear from any threat that may have
been holden out to him to induce him to make any confession of his guilt, but
that whatever he shall then say may be given in evidence upon his trial
notwithstanding such promise or threat:
WHEREUPON the said ,makes the following statement:

(Statement of accused person in his very words, or as nearly so as possible,
and to be signed by him, if he will).
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Taken before me this day of ,2 ,at

in the said judicial district.
Magistrate
Judicial District
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No. 11
RECOGNISANCE BINDING OVER WITNESS

TO GIVE EVIDENCE
[Section 57]
BELIZE TO WIT:
(Heading)
Be it remembered that on the day of

in the year of our Lord 2 , of Belize (occupation)
personally came before me, a magistrate for Belize, and acknowledged himself
to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of $ of good and
lawful money of Belize, to be made and levied of his goods and chattels, lands
and tenements, to the use of our said Sovereign Lady the Queen, her heirs and
successors, if he the said ,shall fail in the
condition indorsed.
Taken and acknowledged, the day and year first above mentioned,
at before me,
Magistrate
Judicial District
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Condition
The condition of the within written recognisance is such, that whereas

one was this day charged before the magistrate within
mentioned, for that (&c., as in the caption of the depositions): If therefore
he the said ,shall appear at the next quarterly
session of the Supreme Court to be holden at on
day of and there give such evidence as he knoweth in relation
to any charge to be then and there preferred against the said ,
to the jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said ,
then the said recognisance shall be void, or else to stand in full force and virtue.
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No. 12
COMMITMENT OF WITNESS FOR REFUSING TO ENTER

INTO THE RECOGNISANCE
[Section 47 (2)]
BELIZE TO WIT:
(Heading)
To ,and to every other constable and peace officer

of Belize, and to the Keeper of the District Prison at
WHEREAS , was lately charged before the undersigned

magistrate in and for the said , of ,for that (&c., as in the
summons to the witness), and it having been made to appear to me that
,of was likely to give material evidence for the
prosecution, (I) duly issued by summons to the
said ,requiring him to be and appear before me on
at , before such other magistrate as should
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then be there, to testify what he should know concerning the said charge so
made against the said , as aforesaid; and the said
not appearing before me or being brought before me by virtue of a
warrant in that behalf, to testify as aforesaid, hath been now examined by me
touching the premises, but being by me required to enter into a recognizance
conditioned to give evidence against the said
,hath now refused so to do:
THESE are therefore to command you, such constable or peace officer,

to take the said , and him safely convey to the District
Prison at and there deliver him to the said Keeper thereof,
together with his precept:
AND I do hereby command you, the said Keeper of the said prison, to
receive the said into your custody in the said prison, there to
imprison and safely keep him until after the trial of the said
for the offence aforesaid, unless in the meantime such
shall duly enter into such recognisance as aforesaid, in the sum
of $ before some magistrate or other authorised person
condition in the usual form to appear in the Supreme Court, and there to give
evidence upon the trial of the said for the said offence.
Given under my hand this day of

Magistrate
Judicial District
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No. 13
SUBSEQUENT ORDER TO DISCHARGE THE WITNESS

[Section 47]
BELIZE TO WIT:
(Heading)
To the Keeper of the District Prison at :
WHEREAS ,of ,was lately committed

to your custody for refusing to enter into a recognisance for his appearance as
a witness in the Supreme Court, by warrant of commitment under my hand
and seal, in which you are required to keep him until after the trial of a certain
therein mentioned:
AND WHEREAS, for want of sufficient evidence, the said has

been discharged from the accusation then pending against him, and it is therefore
not necessary that the said should be
detained longer in your custody:
THESE are, therefore, to order and direct you, the said Keeper, to discharge
the said out of your custody as to the commitment,
and suffer him to go at large.
Given under my hand this day of in

the year of our Lord at in Belize.
Magistrate
Judicial District
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No. 14
RECOGNISANCE OF BAIL
[Section 56]
BELIZE TO WIT:
(Heading)
Be it remembered that, on the day of in the

year of our Lord , , of (occupation),
of, (occupation) and ,of ,
(occupation), personally came before me the undersigned magistrate and
severally acknowledged themselves to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen,
the several sums following: (that is to say), the said the
sum of , and the said and the sum of
each, of good and lawful money of Belize, to be made and levied of their
several goods and chattels, lands and tenements respectively, to the use of our
Sovereign Lady the Queen, her heirs and successors, if he, the said
, fail in the condition indorsed :
Taken and acknowledged the day and year first above-mentioned, at

before us.
Magistrate
Judicial District
Condition
The condition of the within-written recognisance is such, that whereas the said
was this day charged before me, the magistrate
above-mentioned, for that (&c., as in the warrant):
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If therefore the said appear at the next quarterly

session of the Supreme Court to be held at o n
the day of next, and there surrender himself into
the custody of the Registrar, and plead to any indictment filed against him for
or in respect of any charge against him, and take his trial upon the same, and
not depart from the said Court without leave, then the said recognisance shall
be void or else stand in full force and virtue.
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No. 15
RECOGNISANCE OF BAIL INSTEAD OF REMAND ON

ADJOURNMENT OF EXAMINATION
[Section 57]
BELIZE TO WIT:
(Heading)
BE it remembered, that on the day of in the year of

our Lord , of, (occupation) of
(occupation), and of
(occupation), personally came before me, a magistrate in Belize, and severally
acknowledged themselves to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the several
sums following: that is to say, the said the sum
of and the said and the sum of
each of good and lawful money of Belize, to be made and levied of
their several goods and chattels, lands and tenements respectively, to the use
of our said Sovereign Lady the Queen, her heirs and successors, if he the said
failed in the condition indorsed.
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Taken and acknowledged the day and year first above-mentioned at

before me,
Magistrate
Judicial District
Condition
The condition of the within-written recognisance is such that whereas

the within-bounden was this day (or on last past)
charged before me, for that (&c., as in the warrant):
AND WHEREAS, the examination of the witnesses for the prosecution

in this behalf is adjourned until the day of instant:
IF therefore the said shall appear before me on

the said day of instant, at o’clock in the forenoon, or
before such other magistrate as may then be there to answer (further) to the
said charge, and to be further dealt with according to law, then the said
recognisance to be void or else to stand in full force and virtue.
Magistrate
Judicial District
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No. 16
RECOGNISANCE FOR THE APPEARANCE OF THE

DEFENDANT WHERE THE CASE IS ADJOURNED OR NOT AT
ONCE PROCEEDED WITH
(Section 57)
BELIZE TO WIT:
(Heading)
Be it remembered that on , of (occupation),

and ,of (occupation), personally
came before the undersigned magistrate in and for Belize, and severally
acknowledged themselves to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen, the several
sums following, that is to say, the said
the sum of , and the said ,the sum of ,
of good and lawful money of Belize to be made and levied of their several
goods and chattels, lands and tenements respectively, to the use of our said
Sovereign Lady the Queen, her heirs and successors, if he the said
, shall fail in the condition indorsed.
Taken and acknowledged the day and year first above-mentioned at

before me,
Magistrate
Judicial District
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Condition
The condition of the within-written recognisance is such, that if the said

personally appear on the day of instant,
at o’clock in the forenoon at ,before such magistrate for
Belize as may then be there, to answer further to the information (or
complaint) of , exhibited against the said ,and to
be further dealt with according to law, then the said recognisance to be void, or
else to be in full force and virtue.
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No. 17
CERTIFICATE OF NON-APPEARANCE TO BE INDORSED ON A

RECOGNISANCE
I hereby certify that the said hath not appeared at

the time and place in the above condition mentioned, but therein hath made
default, by reason whereof the within-written recognisance is forfeited.
Dated the day of ,2 .
Magistrate
Judicial District
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No. 18
WARRANT REMANDING A PRISONER
[Section 58]
BELIZE TO WIT:
(Heading)
To and to every other constable and peace

officer of Belize, and to the Keeper of the District Prison at :
WHEREAS was this day charged before the undersigned

magistrate in and for Belize for that (etc., as in the warrant to apprehend);
and it appears to me to be necessary to remand the said :
THESE are therefore to command you, such constable or peace officer

in Her Majesty’s name, forthwith to convey the said
to the Prison at and there to deliver him to the Keeper
thereof, together with this precept:
AND I hereby command you the said Keeper to receive the said
into your custody, in the said and there
safely keep until the day of when I hereby
command you to have him this day at instant, at
o’clock in the forenoon of the same day, before such other magistrate as may
then be there, to answer further to the said charge, and to be further dealt with
according to law, unless you shall be otherwise ordered in the meantime.
Given under my hand this day of in the year

of our Lord at ` in Belize.
Magistrate
Judicial District
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No. 19
WARRANT OF DELIVERANCE ON BAIL BEING GIVEN FOR A

PRISONER
ALREADY COMMITTED
[Section 61]
BELIZE TO WIT:
(Heading)
To the Keeper of the District Prison at
WHEREAS , late of , (occupation)

hath before me, one of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace in and for Belize,
entered into his own recognisance, and found sufficient sureties for his appearance
at the next , to be holden in and for the
, to answer our Sovereign Lady the Queen, for that (etc., as in the
commitment) for which he was taken and committed to your said
:
THESE are therefore to command you in Her said Majesty’s name,

that if the said do remain in your custody in the said
for the said cause, and for no other, you shall forthwith suffer
him to go at large.
Given under my hand this day of in the

year of our Lord , at , in Belize.
Justice of the Peace
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No. 20
CERTIFICATE OF CONSENT TO BAIL BY THE COMMITTING

MAGISTRATE INDORSED ON THE COMMITMENT
[Section 61 (1)]
I hereby certify that I consent to the within-named ,

being bailed by recognisance, himself in and (two)
sureties in each.
Dated the day of ,2 .
Magistrate
Judicial District
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PART II
FORMS OF INDICTMENT
The Queen v. A. B.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BELIZE

(Criminal Jurisdiction) Southern (or Northern) District
Presentment of Her Majesty’s

Director of Public Prosecutions for: Belize
A. B., is charged with the following crime:
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No. 1
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Aggravated assault, contrary to section ____ of the Criminal Code
Particulars of Crime
A. B., on the day of at in the

Southern (or Northern) district assaulted C. D. a male child in
an aggravated manner.
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No. 2
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Common assault, contrary to section ______ of the Criminal Code
A.B., on the day of at in the

Southern (or Northern) district unlawfully assaulted C.D.
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No. 3
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Aggravated assault, contrary to section ______ of the Criminal Code
A. B., on the day of at in

the Southern (or Northern) district unlawfully
assaulted a judicial officer.
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No. 4
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Carnal knowledge of child, contrary to section ______ of the Criminal

Code

Southern (or Northern) district carnally knew a female child
under the age of fourteen years.
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No. 5
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Carnal knowledge of girl, contrary to section ______ of the Criminal Code

Southern (or Northern) district unlawfully and carnally knew
Brenda Jones, a girl above the age of fourteen years but under the age of sixteen
years.
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No. 6
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Abduction, contrary to section ______ of the Criminal Code

the Southern (or Northern) district abducted Joyce Smith, an
unmarried female seventeen years of age.
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No. 7
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Rape, contrary to section _______ of the Criminal Code

Southern (or Northern) district had carnal knowledge of
C. D. without her consent.
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No. 8
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Intentional harm, contrary to section _____ of the Criminal Code

Southern (or Northern) district intentionally and unlawfully
caused harm to C. D.
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No. 9
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Wounding, contrary to section ______ of the Criminal Code

caused a wound (or wounded) C. D.
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No.10
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Grievous harm, contrary to section _____ of the Criminal Code

Southern (or Northern) district intentionally and unlawfully caused grievous harm
to C. D.
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No. 11
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Maim, contrary to section ______ of the Criminal Code

caused a maim to C. D.
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No. 12
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Dangerous harm, contrary to section ____ of the Criminal Code

caused dangerous harm to C. D.
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No. 13
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Use of deadly means of harm, contrary to section _____ of the Criminal Code

Southern (or Northern) district used a dagger with intent
unlawfully to cause harm to C. D.
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No. 14
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Administering noxious matter, contrary to section ____ of the Criminal Code

Southern (or Northern) district unlawfully and knowingly
administered noxious matter to C. D.
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No. 15
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Murder, contrary to section ______ of the Criminal Code

Southern (or Northern) district murdered C. D.
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No. 16
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Infanticide, contrary to section _____ of the Criminal Code

Southern (or Northern) district caused the
death of her child under the age of twelve months by a wilful act, to wit,
smothering the child (or stabbing it with a knife), the balance of her mind at the
time of the act being disturbed by reason of her not having fully recovered
from the effect of giving birth to the child, (or by reason of the effect of lactation
consequent upon the birth of the child).
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No. 17
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Abortion, contrary to section 108 of the Criminal Code

Southern (or Northern) district intentionally and
unlawfully caused abortion or miscarriage.
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No. 18
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Use of poison (or instrument) to cause miscarriage, contrary to section _______

of the Criminal Code

Southern (or Northern) district with intent to procure her own
miscarriage unlawfully administered to herself a poison or noxious thing.
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No. 19
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Manslaughter, contrary to section ______ of the Criminal Code

Southern (or Northern) district caused the death of C. D., by
unlawful harm, to wit, stabbing with a knife.
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No. 20
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Publishing intentional libel, contrary to section ______ of the Criminal Code

published a libel concerning C. D., with intent to defame the same C. D., the
particulars of which are deposited with this indictment. (Particulars to specify
pages and lines complained of where necessary, as in a book)
or
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(in the form of a letter addressed to C. D., which said letter contained the
following defamatory matters concerning the said C. D.)
1. Do you know that in the year 1900 your friend C. D. was

employed by the firm of Randalls and that his accounts were discovered to be
all wrong:
(Meaning thereby that C. D. was guilty of acts of dishonesty and falsification of
accounts whilst he was in the employ of Randalls.)
2. When the defalcations were discovered and a warrant was

applied for he fled to Guatemala.
(Meaning thereby that the said C. D. was a fugitive from justice.)
3. Subsequently he appears to have returned to Belize for he was

found to be keeping a disorderly house in Corozal.
(Meaning thereby that the said C. D. had committed the criminal offence of
keeping a disorderly house.)
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No. 21
PLEA OF JUSTIFICATION OR
ABSOLUTE PRIVILEGE OF A. B. IN ANSWER
TO THE INDICTMENT AGAINST HIM FOR LIBEL
A. B. says he is not guilty, and for a further plea he says that all the defamatory
matters alleged in the indictment are true.
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Particulars
1. On the day of ,2 , C. D. received the

sum of $10.00 from T. S. and on the day of
,2 , C. D. received the sum of $3,000.00 from C. F. and the sum of
$1,500.00 from W. D. on behalf of his employers Randalls which he fraudulently
omitted to enter in their books or to account for in any way.
2. On the day of ,2 soon after C. D.’s

defalcations were discovered and a warrant was applied for against him upon
charges of embezzling his employer’s money and falsifying their
books, C. D. left Belize for Guatemala.
3. On the 20th August and on other days in the year 2 C. D.

kept a house at Corozal for the purpose of betting, contrary to
and A. B. states it was for the public benefit that the
defamatory matters charged in the said indictment should be published by
means of the fact that C. D. was at the time of the publication thereof a candidate
for the public office of City Councillor in the City of Belize.
__________
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No. 22
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Arson, contrary to section ____ of the Criminal Code

caused the dwelling-house of C. D., to be set on fire.
__________
No. 23
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Damage to tree, contrary to section _____ of the Criminal Code
A.B., on the day of at in the
caused damage of the amount of $50.00 to a cedar tree growing on the private
land of C.D. at the Boom.
___________
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No. 24
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Theft, contrary to section _____ of the Criminal Code

Southern (or Northern) district stole a bicycle of the value of
$50.00 the property of J. S.
_________
No. 25
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Aggravated burglary, contrary to section _______ of the Criminal Code
A. B., on the day of 2 , entered as a

trespasser a building (or “part of a building”) known as
with intent to steal therewith (or “to inflict grievous bodily harm on C. D., a
person therein”) (or “to rape a woman therein”) (or “to do unlawful damage
to the said building by fire”) and at the time of the said entry had with him a
firearm (or “weapon of offence”) (or “explosive”) namely a .
_________
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No. 26
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Handling stolen goods, contrary to section _____ of the Criminal Code
X. Y., on the day of at in the

Southern (or Northern) district dishonestly received six shirts of the value of
$20.00 and five fountain pens of the value of $30.00, all to the value of $50.00
or thereabouts, the property of C. H. knowing the same to have been stolen.
__________
No. 27
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Robbery, contrary to section _______ of the Criminal Code

Southern (or Northern) district robbed C. D.,
of $25.00 in money.
__________
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No. 28
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Obtaining property by deception, contrary to section _____ of the Criminal

Code.
A. B.,on the day of 2 ,in

dishonestly obtained from C. D. six pounds of sugar with the intention of
permanently depriving C. D. thereof by deception, namely, by falsely
representing that he, the said A. B., was a servant of E. F. and that he had
been sent by the said E. F. to the said C. D. for the said sugar, and that he, the
said A. B., was then authorised by the said E. F. to receive the said sugar on
behalf of the said E. F. (or “that he, the said A. B., then intended to convey the
said sugar to the warehouse of the said E. F.”)
_________
No. 29
STATEMENT OF CRIME
False Accounting, contrary to section _____ of the Criminal Code

the Southern (or Northern) district being a clerk or servant
to C. D., with intent to defraud made a false entry in the cash book belonging
to the said C. D., his employer, purporting to show that on the said day he had
paid out to G. S. the sum of $100.00 whereas in truth and in fact the said A. B.
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did not pay out the said sum to G. S. or to any other person.
__________
No. 30
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Burglary, contrary to section ______ of the Criminal Code
A. B., on the day of 2 having entered as a

trespasser a building (or “part of a building”) known as stole
therein a cashbox and $ in money (or “attempted to steal
therein”) (or “inflicted grievous bodily harm upon C. D. a person therein”).
__________
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No. 31
First Count
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Forgery, contrary to section ______ of the Criminal Code

Southern (or Northern) district with intent to defraud forged a
cheque No. dated purporting to be signed by
C. D. and drawn upon Barclays Bank for the sum of $200.00.
Second Count
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Uttering a forged document, contrary to section ______ of the Criminal Code

Southern (or Northern) district uttered a forged cheque
No. dated purporting to be the cheque of C. D.
knowing the same to be forged and with intent to defraud.
___________
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No. 32
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Uttering false current coin, contrary to section _______ of the Criminal Code

Southern (or Northern) district with intent to defraud uttered a
counterfeit fifty cents coin knowing the same to be counterfeit.
____________
No. 33
STATEMENT OF CRIME
Perjury, contrary to section _____ of the Criminal Code

Southern (or Northern) district being a witness upon the trial of
an Indictment in the Supreme Court in the Queen vs. Samuel Smith, knowingly
falsely swore that he saw one E. N. in Albert Street in the City of Belize, on the
20th day of March, 2 .
___________
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BELIZE

INDICTABLE PROCEDURE ACT

REVISED EDITION 2003

ARRANGEMENT OF SUBSIDIARY LAWS

INDICTABLE PROCEDURE ACT

REVISED EDITION 2003

This edition contains a consolidation of the following laws- Page

SUPREME COURT (COUNSEL’S FEES IN CAPITAL 3-4

INDICTABLE PROCEDURE RULES 5 - 47

SUPREME COURT (COUNSEL’S FEES IN

THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003

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30 of 1964. SUPREME COURT (COUNSEL’S FEES IN

[27th January, 1964]

SUPREME COURT (COUNSEL’S FEES IN

Fees of 2. Whenever counsel is assigned by the Court or the Chief Justice or

77 of 1996. For Retainer ………………………………………... $500.00

77 of 1996. In respect of each day on which Counsel in pursuance

THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003

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INDICTABLE PROCEDURE (FORMS) RULES

THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003

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Ch. 22 INDICTABLE PROCEDURE (FORMS) RULES

Short title. 1. These Rules may be cited as the

INDICTABLE PROCEDURE (FORMS) RULES.

THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003

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FORMS FOR USE AT A PRELIMINARY INQUIRY

THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003

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Herein fail not.

THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003

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WARRANT WHERE A WITNESS HAS NOT OBEYED A

To and to all and every the police constables and peace

WHEREAS information was laid (or complaint was made) before

THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003

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Given under my hand and seal, this day of in

I hereby certify that the said , hath not appeared at the

THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003

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To and to all and every the police constables and peace

WHEREAS it appears, upon the oath of ,of

THIS is therefore to authorise and require you to enter, between the

THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003

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WARRANT TO APPREHEND IN FIRST INSTANCE

To and to all constables and peace officers of Belize:

WHEREAS , of (occupation) hath

THESE are therefore to command you, in Her Majesty’s name,

Given under my hand and seal this day of

THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003

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INFORMATION AND COMPLAINT

The information of taken this day

Sworn to the day and year above-mentioned.

WARRANT WHERE THE SUMMONS IS DISOBEYED

To and to all constables and peace officers of Belize:

WHEREAS on the last past ,of

THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003