Editing Indictment (section)

==Canada==
A direct indictment is one in which the case is sent directly to trial before a [[Preliminary hearing#Canada|preliminary inquiry]] is completed or when the accused has been discharged by a preliminary inquiry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/ShowDoc/cs/C-46/bo-ga:l_XIX_1::bo-ga:l_XX//en?page=13&isPrinting=false#codese:577|title=Criminal Code, Revised Statutes of Canada 1985, c. C-46, Section 577|date=2008-10-09|publisher=Department of Justice, Canada|access-date=2008-10-29|archive-date=2011-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605052630/http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/ShowDoc/cs/C-46/bo-ga:l_XIX_1::bo-ga:l_XX//en?page=13&isPrinting=false#codese:577|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/crim/cpm/2005/DirectIndictment.pdf|title=Direct Indictments|date=2005-03-21|work=Crown Policy Manual|publisher=Province of Ontario, Ministry of Attorney General|access-date=2008-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050322231934/http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/crim/cpm/2005/DirectIndictment.pdf|archive-date=2005-03-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is meant to be an extraordinary, rarely used power to ensure that those who should be brought to trial are in a timely manner or where an error of judgment is seen to have been made in the preliminary inquiry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/dept-min/pub/fps-sfp/fpd/ch17.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220062444/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/dept-min/pub/fps-sfp/fpd/ch17.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-12-20|title=Direct Indictments|date=2008-04-04|work=The Federal Prosecution Service Deskbook|publisher=Department of Justice, Canada|access-date=2008-10-29}}</ref> In the aftermath of the [[R v Jordan (2016)|2016 Jordan decision]], in which the [[Supreme Court of Canada]] imposed time limits on the Crown to bring criminal cases to trial, the Crown has started to use the procedure more frequently.<ref>{{cite news |first=Alyshah |last=Hasham |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2016/10/16/courts-scramble-under-new-rules-on-trial-delays.html |title=Courts scramble under new rules on trial delays|date=October 16, 2016 |publisher=[[Toronto Star]] }}</ref>