Transfer of indictments between superior courts
Upon authorization by the Chief Administrator:
(a) An indictment pending in the Supreme Court at a term held in a county outside the City of New York may, prior to entry of a plea of guilty thereto or commencement of a trial thereof, be removed to the County Court of such county.
(b) An indictment pending in a County Court may similarly be removed to the Supreme Court at a term held or to be held in the same county.
With the Chief Administrator's authorization, and before a guilty plea or the start of trial: (a) a Supreme Court indictment (in a county outside NYC) may be removed to the County Court of that county; (b) a County Court indictment may likewise be removed to Supreme Court in the same county.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 6 — The JG-22 Uniform Rules and Everything Else and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.