PrincipleCRIMINAL PROCEDURE — Prosecution — Authority to Prosecute — State Counsel as Officer of Attorney-General
- Area of law
- CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
- Court
- Supreme Court
This principle establishes that the Attorney-General's prosecutorial power can be exercised through officers of the department. The presumption is that any officer in the Attorney-General's department is empowered to initiate criminal proceedings unless proved otherwise. The principle ensures that prosecutions are not invalidated by technical…
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