97(1)The Attorney General or counsel instructed by the Attorney General for that purpose may, by direction to the court in which the proceedings are conducted, stay proceedings at any time before judgment.

97(2)When proceedings are stayed under subsection (1) any person who has entered into an undertaking or a recognizance in relation to the proceedings is released from the undertaking or recognizance.

97(3)The Attorney General may remove a stay by direction to the court in which the proceedings were stayed at any time within twelve months after the time the proceedings were stayed, and after the stay is removed the proceedings shall continue from the point they had reached when the stay was entered.