2010 ED] CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES [CAP 167
(6) Subject to clause (7), the power conferred on the
Attorney-General by clause (4)(b) to take over any proceedings
or clause (4)(c) to discontinue any proceedings shall be vested
in the Attorney-General to the exclusion of any other person or
authority.
(7) Where a person or authority, other than the Attorney-
General, has instituted criminal proceedings, nothing in clause
(6) shall prevent the withdrawal of those proceedings by or at
the instance of that person or authority and with the leave of
the court.
(8) Subject to clause (9), for the purposes of this article,
any appeal from any judgment in any criminal proceedings
before any court, or any question of law reserved for the
purpose of any such proceedings to any other court shall be
deemed to be part of those proceedings.
(9) The power conferred on the Attorney-General by clause
(4)(c) shall not be exercised in relation to any appeal by a
person convicted in any criminal proceedings or to any
question of law reserved at the instance of such a person.
(10) In the exercise of the powers vested in the Attorney-
General by clause (4), the Attorney-General shall not be
subject to the direction or control of any other person or
authority.
(11) An Act may make provision with respect to the
institution of proceedings by a person or authority, other than
the Attorney-General, before a military court or a tribunal
established by or under the Act for the trial of military offences
committed by persons subject to military law, and unless the
Act otherwise provides, the power under clause (4) shall not be
exercisable by the Attorney-General in relation to any such
person in respect of any such offence.
(12) The salary, allowances, pension or gratuity payable to
the Attorney-General shall be a charge on the Consolidated
Fund.
(13) Subject to article 165, the term and conditions on which
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