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Chapter IV
Limits of Jurisdiction
Local jurisdiction
29.(1) Inquiries and trial, as to any offence, shall be conducted before
the General Crimes Police, the Prosecution Attorneys Bureau or
the court, within whose limits of jurisdiction the offence has taken
place.
(2) An offence shall be deemed to have taken place within the limits
of jurisdiction, in any of the following caces :(a) commission of the offence, wholly or partially, within the
limits of jurisdiction ;
(b) existence of a clear trace of the offence in a place inside
the limits of jurisdiction;
(c) the offence branching from a principal offence, committed
within the limits of jurisdiction;
(d) any person against whom, or any property with respect to
which the offence has been committed being transferred
by the offender, or by any other person, who knows the
offence, to the limits of jurisdiction;
(e) existence of the complainant, or the accused or any
property, with respect to which the offence has been
committed in the limits of jurisdiction, whenever the
competent Prosecution Attorneys Bureau deems the
same most appropriate that inquiry shall not be returned
to the limits of jurisdiction wherein the offence has taken
place.
(3) Any Legal Counsel may exersie the powers of the Prosecution
Attorney, and any Magistrate may exercise the powers
entrusted to the Magistrate, as to inquiry, arrest and seizure, in
any place wherein he may be present, while the competent
Prosecution Attorney, or Magistrate is not present.
Powers of the Prosecution
Attorneys Bureau to transfer inquiry
30.(1) A Prosecution Attorney, whenever he takes congizance of any
offence, and deems it most appropriate in pursuance of the
orders, regulating jurisdiction, or distribution of work, to conduct
inquiry thereon, by any other Prosecution Attorneys Bureau, may
transfer the inquiry thereto.
(2) The president of the Prosecution Attorneys Bureau, in the state
or, the Prosector-General may issue an order transfering any
inquiry from a Prosecution Attorneys Bureau, to another, within
the limits of his jurisdiction, whenever he deems that there is
achievement of justice in the same.
(3) The Minister of Justice may transfer any inquiry from a
Prosecution Attorneys Bureau to another, within the Sudan,
whenever he deems that there is acheivement of justice in the
same.