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Transfer of trials by Circuit Court from place to place.
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19.—(1) (a) The Circuit Court sitting in any circuit may transfer the trial of a criminal issue from the place in which it is required by law to be held to any other place in the same circuit.
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(b) In that event, the trial shall be held at the place to which it is transferred with a jury drawn from the jury district or other area prescribed for trials by the Circuit Court sitting at that place.
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(2) (a) An order of the Circuit Court under this section may only be made on the application of the Attorney General or an accused person.
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(b) It may provide for matters ancillary or incidental to the transfer.
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(c) It shall be final and unappealable.
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(3) The Court shall not make an order under this section unless it is satisfied that a fair trial is unlikely to be obtained or that a trial cannot be held in the place from which it is sought to transfer the trial.
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