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{{short description|Offence which can only be tried on an indictment after a preliminary hearing}} {{Refimprove|date=November 2011}} {{Criminal law}} {{multiple image | footer = In [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria, Australia]], indictable offences are heard in either the [[County Court of Victoria]] (left) or the [[Supreme Court of Victoria]], the latter hearing the more serious offences | image1 = County Court Victoria, William Street.jpg | alt1 = County Court of Victoria building | width1 = 200 | image2 = Supreme Court of Victoria Library Tower Dome.jpg | alt2 = Supreme Court of Victoria building | width2 = 179 }} In many [[common law]] [[jurisdiction]]s (e.g. [[England and Wales]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], [[Canada]], [[Hong Kong]], [[India]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Singapore]]), an '''indictable offence''' is an offence which can only be tried on an [[indictment]] after a preliminary hearing to determine whether there is a ''[[prima facie]]'' case to answer or by a [[grand jury]] (in contrast to a [[summary offence]]). A similar concept in the United States is known as a [[felony]], which for federal crimes, also requires an indictment. In [[Scotland]], which is a [[Scots law | hybrid common law]] jurisdiction, the [[procurator fiscal]] will commence [[solemn proceedings]] for serious crimes to be prosecuted on indictment before a jury.
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