Which applications in a criminal case may be withdrawn under this provision, and up to what point in the proceedings does that right last?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
The practice file to read is the application itself, so its basis in one of the three provisions this one looks back to is clear, the court's ruling on that application, and any withdrawal of that application, in whatever form the referenced provision prescribes.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading takes the scope from the words 'the applications under the preceding three articles': only an application made under those three provisions may be withdrawn, and only until the court has given its ruling, so once a ruling exists the right to withdraw has gone.
Another reading works through the second paragraph's reference by analogy: the manner of withdrawal laid down in another provision of the Criminal Procedure Act is applied to these applications and to their withdrawal, so the form that provision prescribes becomes a condition, and this provision does not say what follows if that form is not met.
Your judgment
If a withdrawal arrives before the ruling but does not take the form the referenced provision prescribes, what in the file shows whether the application stands withdrawn?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the three preceding provisions are amended so that the set of applications covered changes, or if a court decision decides whether a withdrawal that misses the required form takes effect.