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DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS ACT 1983 - SECT 10

Powers and functions of Director do not affect those of certain other persons

             (1)  Nothing in this Act affects:

                     (a)  the power of the Attorney-General, of a person appointed by the Governor-General or of a Special Prosecutor to prosecute by indictment in his or her own name indictable offences against the laws of the Commonwealth;

                     (b)  the power of the Attorney-General, of a person appointed by the Attorney-General or of a Special Prosecutor to prosecute by information in his or her own name an indictable offence triable before the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory;

                     (c)  the power under section 61 of the Judiciary Act 1903 of the Attorney-General or of a person appointed by the Attorney-General;

                     (d)  the power under section 71 of the Judiciary Act 1903 of the Attorney-General or of a person appointed by the Governor-General;

                     (e)  the power under subsection 53(6) of the Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court Act 1933 of the Attorney-General or of a person appointed by the Attorney-General; or

                      (f)  the power of a Special Prosecutor under subsection 8(2) of the Special Prosecutors Act 1982 .

             (2)  Nothing in this Act (other than subsection 9(5)) affects the right of a person to institute or carry on proceedings for:

                     (a)  the commitment of persons for trial in respect of indictable offences against the laws of the Commonwealth; or

                     (b)  the summary conviction of persons in respect of offences against the laws of the Commonwealth.

             (3)  Nothing in this Act affects the right of a person:

                     (a)  to institute or carry on proceedings for the recovery of pecuniary penalties under the laws of the Commonwealth; or

                     (b)  to take civil remedies on behalf of the Commonwealth or of authorities of the Commonwealth.



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