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35 When preliminary brief is to be served

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Explained inBill clause 35
(1)If required to do so by section 24, the informant must serve a preliminary brief on the accused.
(2)At any time after the commencement of a proceeding, the accused, by written notice to the informant, may request that a preliminary brief be served.
(3)If the accused gives notice under subsection (2), the informant must serve on the accused a preliminary brief within 14 days after receipt of the notice.
(4)Nothing in this section prevents the informant from serving a preliminary brief on the accused at any other time.