A ruling on notice will be delivered by the Suva High Court in relation to the application made by the lawyers for former Prime Minister and Fiji Labour Party Leader, Mahendra Chaudhry to quash his charges.
Chaudhry is facing three counts of breach of the Exchange Control Act.
His lawyer, Queens Counsel Guy Reynolds earlier today asked for the charges to be quashed.
He said that the charges relate to overseas bank accounts, investments and re-investments.
He said the Exchange Control Act does not relate to the charges.
The Director of Public Prosecutions Office is represented by QC Clive Grossman.
The defence and the prosecution made their oral submissions today and will be filing their written submissions by tomorrow.
The first count against Chaudhry is in relation to failure to surrender foreign currency, where it is alleged that Mahendra Chaudhry between November 2000 and July 2010 retained the sum of AUS$1.5 million for his own benefit without the consent of the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Fiji.
The second count is in relation to dealing in foreign currency otherwise than with an authorised dealer without permission.
The third count relates to failure to collect debts where it is alleged that Chaudhry having the right to receive a sum of AUS$1.5 million from the financial institutions in Australia and New Zealand, caused the delay of payment of the sum, in whole or in part, to himself by authorizing the continual investment of the sum together with interest acquired back into financial institutions without the permission of the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Fiji.
The pre-trial conference will be called tomorrow.
