ALBERT JACOB
The trial court correctly denied leave to privately prosecute because civil remedies arising from the contract dispute had not been exhausted, as mandated by section 4(3) of the Criminal Procedure Act. The denial constituted a final order, not interlocutory, and the appeal was dismissed for lack of merit.
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- Private prosecution
- Exhaustion of remedies
- Contract disputes
- Forgery
- False pretence
- Tax offences