Criminal Justice (Administration) Act, 1924

Nolle prosequi and form thereof.

12.—At the trial of a prisoner on indictment at the prosecution of the Attorney-General of Saorstát Eireann a nolle prosequi may be entered at the instance of the Attorney-General of Saorstát Eireann at any time after the indictment is preferred to the jury and before a verdict is found thereon, and every such nolle prosequi shall be in the following form, that is to say:—

On the_____day of__________19_____, at the trial of A.B. on the prosecution of the Attorney-General of Saorstát Eireann on an indictment for________________________the said Attorney-General in his proper person (or by his counsel) stated to the court that he would not further prosecute the said A.B. on the said indictment, whereupon it was ordered by the court that the said A.B. be discharged of and from the indictment aforesaid.