Editing Indictment (section)

==Australia==
[[Section 80 of the Constitution of Australia]] provides that "the trial on indictment of any offence against any law of the Commonwealth shall be by jury". The [[High Court of Australia]] has consistently used a narrow interpretation of this clause, allowing the [[Parliament of Australia]] to define which offences proceed on indictment rather than conferring a universal right to a jury trial. Section 4G of the ''[[Crimes Act 1914]]'' provides that "offences against a law of the Commonwealth punishable by imprisonment for a period exceeding 12 months are indictable offences, unless the contrary intention appears".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/RP9697/97rp11|title=Trial by Jury|work=Research Papers 1996-97|first=Graham|last=Fricke|number=11|publisher=Australian Parliamentary Library|accessdate=7 January 2022}}</ref>