HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	366
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to criminal procedure.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 801-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.

     ["§801-1  Indictment or information.  No person shall be subject to be tried and sentenced to be punished in any court, for an alleged offense, unless upon indictment or information, except for offenses within the jurisdiction of a district court or in summary proceedings for contempt."]

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Criminal Procedure; Indictment; Information

 

Description:

Repeals the statutory requirement that no person be subject to trial and sentencing for an alleged offense unless upon indictment or information.

 

 

 

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