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provides that the date set for a filing hearing must be within 7 days after filing the charge-sheet (if the accused has been arrested and either remanded in custody or granted bail) or within 28 days after the charge-sheet is filed (if a summons to answer a charge is issued in respect of the accused). These time limits are currently set out in rule 4 of the Magistrates' Court (Committals) Rules 1999.