ly served.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 66—Service on Civil Servant.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Where the person summoned is in the civil service, the District Court issuing the summons shall ordinarily send it in duplicate to the head of the department in which he is employed, and such head shall thereupon cause the summons to be served in the manner provided by section 63 and shall return it to the Court under his signature with the endorsement required by that section. Such signature shall be evidence of the service.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 67—Service on Company.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Service of a summons on a body corporate may be effected by serving it on the secretary, local manager, or either principal officer of the corporation, or by registered letter addressed to the chief officer of the corporation in Ghana at its registered office. In the latter case service shall be deemed to have been effected when the letter would arrive in ordinary course of post.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 68—Service Outside Local Limits of Jurisdiction.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">When a District Court desires that a summons issued by it shall be served at any place outside the local limits of its jurisdiction, it shall send the summons in duplicate to a District Magistrate within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the person summoned resides or is, to be there served.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 69—Proof of Service when Serving Officer not Present.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Where the officer who has served a summons is not present at the hearing of the case, and in any case, where a summons issued by a District Court has been served outside the local limits of its jurisdiction, an affidavit purporting to be made before a Magistrate that the summons has been served, and a duplicate of the summons purporting to be endorsed in the manner hereinbefore provided by the person to whom it was delivered or tendered or with whom it was left, shall be admissible in evidence, and the statements made therein shall be deemed to be correct until the contrary is proved.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2)&nbsp; The affidavit mentioned in this section may be attached to the duplicate of the summons and returned to the Court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 70—Power to Dispense with Personal Attendance of Accused.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Whenever a District Magistrate issues a summons in respect of any offence other than a felony, he may if he sees reason to do so, and shall when the offence with which the accused is charged is punishable only by a fine or by imprisonment not exceeding three months (whether with or without a fine), dispense with the personal attendance of the accused, provided that he pleads guilty in writing or appears by an advocate.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The Magistrate enquiring into or trying any case may in his discretion, at any subsequent stage of the proceedings, direct the personal attendance of the accused, and, if necessary, enforce such attendance in manner of hereinafter provided.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3)&nbsp; If a Magistrate imposes a fine on an accused person whose personal attendance has been dispensed with under this section and the fine is not paid within the time prescribed, the Magistrate may forthwith issue a summons calling upon the accused to show cause why he should not be committed to prison. If the accused person does not attend upon the return of the summons the Magistrate may forthwith issue a warrant and commit him to prison for such term as the Magistrate may then fix.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4)&nbsp; If, in any case in which under this section the attendance of an accused is dispensed with, previous convictions are alleged against him and are not admitted in writing or through that person's counsel, the Magistrate may adjourn the proceedings and direct the personal attendance of the accused, and, if necessary, enforce such attendance in manner hereinbefore provided.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5)&nbsp; Whenever the attendance of an accused has been so dispensed with and his attendance is subsequently required, the cost of any adjournment for such purposes shall be borne in any event by the accused.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Issue of Warrant of Arrest</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 71—Warrant when Issued.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Notwithstanding the issue of a summons a warrant may be issued at any time before or after the time appointed in the summons for the appearance of the accused. No such warrant shall be issued unless a complaint or charge has been made upon oath.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 72—Summons Disobeyed.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">If the accused does not appear at the time and place appointed in and by the summons and his personal attendance has not been dispensed with under section 70, the Court may issue a warrant to apprehend him and cause him to be brought before such Court. No such warrant shall be issued unless a complaint or charge has been made upon oath.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 73—Form, Contents, and Duration of Warrant of Arrest.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Every warrant of arrest shall be under the hand of the Judge or Magistrate issuing it.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Every warrant shall state shortly the offence with which the person against whom it is issued is charged and shall name or otherwise describe such person, and it shall order the person or persons to whom it is directed to apprehend the person against whom it is issued and bring him before the Court issuing the warrant or before some other Court having jurisdiction in the case, to answer to the charge therein mentioned and to be further dealt with according to law.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3)&nbsp; Every such warrant shall remain in force until it is executed or until it is cancelled by the Court which issued it.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 74—Court may Direct Security to be Taken.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Any Court issuing a warrant for the arrest of any person in respect of any offence other than murder or treason, may if it thinks fit by endorsement on the warrant direct that the person named in the warrant, on arrest, be released on his entering into a bond in such amount as may be specified, with or without sureties, for his appearance before the Court at such time as the endorsement shall state.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2)&nbsp; The endorsement shall specify—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a)&nbsp; the number of sureties (if any);</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b)&nbsp; the amount in which they and the person named in the warrant are respectively to be bound;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(c)&nbsp; the Court before which the person arrested is to attend; and</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(d)&nbsp; the time at which he is to attend, including an undertaking to appear at such subsequent times as may be directed by the Court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3)&nbsp; When such an endorsement is made, the officer in charge of any police station to which on arrest the person named in the warrant is brought shall release him upon his entering into a bond with or without sureties approved by that officer, in accordance with the endorsement, conditioned for his appearance before the Court, and at the time and place named in the bond.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4)&nbsp; Whenever security is taken under this section the officer who takes the bond shall cause it to be forwarded to the Court before which the person named in the warrant is bound to appear.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 75—Warrants to whom Directed.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1)&nbsp; A warrant of arrest may be directed to one or more police officers, or to one police officer and to all other police officers of the area within which the Court has jurisdiction, or generally to all police officers of the area. But any Court issuing a warrant may, if its immediate execution is necessary, and no police officer is immediately available, direct it to any other person, and that person shall execute it.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2)&nbsp; When a warrant is directed to more officers or persons than one, it may be executed by all or by any one or more of them.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 76—Execution of Warrant Directed to Police Officer.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">A warrant directed to any police officer may so be executed by any other police officer whose name is endorsed upon the warrant by the officer to whom it is directed or endorsed.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 77—Person Arrested to be Brought before the Court without Delay.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The police officer or person executing a warrant of arrest shall (subject to section 74 as to security) without unnecessary delay bring the person arrested before the Court before which he is required by the warrant or the requirements of section 81 to produce such person, and shall return the warrant to the Court with an endorsement thereon showing the time and the place of its execution.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 78—Where Warrant of Arrest May be Executed.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">A warrant of arrest may be executed at any place in Ghana.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 79—Forwarding of Warrant for Execution Outside Jurisdiction.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) When a warrant of arrest is to be executed outside the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Court issuing it, the Court may, instead of directing the warrant to a police officer, forward it by post or otherwise to any District Magistrate within the local limits of whose jurisdiction it is to be executed.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The Magistrate to whom the warrant is forwarded shall endorse his name thereon and, if practicable, cause it to be executed in the manner hereinbefore provided within the local limits of his jurisdiction.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 80—Procedure in Case of Warrant Directed to Police Officer for Execution Outside Jurisdiction</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1)&nbsp; When a warrant of arrest directed to a police officer is to be executed outside the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Court issuing it, he shall take it for endorsement to a District Magistrate within the local limits of whose jurisdiction it is to be executed.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The Magistrate shall endorse his name thereon, and the endorsement shall be sufficient authority to the police officer to whom the warrant is directed to execute it within such limits, and the local police officers shall, if so required, assist such officer in executing such warrant.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) Whenever that is reason to believe that the delay occasioned by obtaining the endorsement of the Magistrate within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the warrant is to be executed will prevent such execution, the police officer to whom it is directed may execute it without such endorsement in any place outside the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Court which issued it.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 81—Procedure on Arrest of Person Outside Jurisdiction.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) When a warrant of arrest is executed outside the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Court by which it was issued, the person arrested shall, unless the Court which issued the warrant is within twenty miles of the place of arrest, or is nearer than the District Magistrate within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the arrest was made, or unless security is taken under section 74, be taken before the District Magistrate within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the arrest was made.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2)&nbsp; The Magistrate shall, if the person arrested appears to be the person intended by the Court which issued the warrant, direct his removal in custody to such Court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3)&nbsp; If the person has been arrested for an offence other than murder or treason, and he is ready and willing to give bail to the satisfaction of the Magistrate, or if a direction has been endorsed under section 74 on the warrant and that person is ready and willing to give the security required by the direction, the Magistrate shall take bail or security, as the case may be, and shall forward the bond to the Court which issued the warrant.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4)&nbsp; Nothing in this section shall prevent a police officer from taking security under section 74.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Miscellaneous Provisions Regarding Processes.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 82—Summons, Warrant, Etc. on Sunday.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Any summons or warrant may be issued and executed on any day, including a Sunday.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 83—Irregularities in Processes.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Any irregularity or defect in the substance or form of a summons or warrant, and any variance between a summons or warrant and the written complaint, or between a summons or warrant and the evidence adduced at any enquiry or trial on the part of the prosecution against an accused whose attendance has been procured by the summons or warrant, shall not affect the validity of any proceedings at or subsequent to the hearing of the case, but if any variance appears to the Court to be such that the accused has been thereby deceived or misled, the Court may, at the request of the accused, adjourn the hearing of the case to some future date and in the meantime remand the accused or admit him to bail in the manner hereinafter mentioned.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2)&nbsp; A warrant, summons, or other process issued by a Judge or Magistrate under this Code or otherwise shall not be invalidated by reason of the Judge or Magistrate who signed it, dying or ceasing to hold office or have jurisdiction.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 84—Power to take Bond for Appearance.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Where any person for whose appearance or arrest the officer presiding in any Court is empowered to issue a summons or warrant is present in Court, the officer may require the person to execute a bond, with or without sureties, for his appearance in that Court. When the bond is taken from a person accused on complaint, the taking of the bond shall be deemed to be the issue of process against him upon the complaint.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 85—Arrest on Breach of Bond for Appearance.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">When any person who is bound by any bond taken under this Code to appear before a Court does not so appear, the Court may issue a warrant directing that he be arrested and produced before it.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 86—Power of Court to Order Prisoner to be Brought before it.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) When any person for whose appearance or arrest a Court is empowered to issue a summons or warrant is confined in any prison within the local limits of the jurisdiction of such Court, the Court may issue an order to the officer in charge of the prison requiring him to bring the prisoner in proper custody, at a time named in the order, before the Court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2)&nbsp; The officer so in charge, on receipt of the order, shall act in accordance therewith, and shall provide for the safe custody of the prisoner during his absence from the prison.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 87—Provision of this Part Generally Applicable to Summonses and Warrants.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The provisions in this Part relating to a summons and warrant, and their issue, service, and execution, shall, so far as may be, apply to every summons and every warrant of arrest issued under this Code or any other enactment.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Search Warrants</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 88—When Search Warrant may be Issued and Proceedings Thereunder.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) A District Magistrate who is satisfied, by evidence upon oath, that there is reasonable ground for believing that there is in any building, vessel, carriage, box, receptacle, or place—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a) anything upon or in respect of which any offence has been or is suspected to have been committed, for which according to any law for the time being in force, the offender may be arrested without warrant; or</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b) anything which there is reasonable ground for believing will afford evidence as to the commission of any such offence; or</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(c) anything which there is reasonable ground for believing is intended to be used for the purpose of committing an offence against the person for which, according to any law for the time being in force, the offender may be arrested without warrant,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">may at any time issue a warrant under his hand authorising any constable to search any such building, vessel, carriage, box, receptacle, or place for any such thing, and to seize and carry it before the Magistrate issuing the warrant or some other Magistrate to be by him dealt with according to law.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) If the thing to be searched for is gunpowder or any other explosive or dangerous or noxious substance or thing, the person making the search shall have the same powers and protection as are given by any law for the time being in force to any person lawfully authorised to search for any such thing, and the thing itself shall be disposed of in the manner as directed by any such law or, in default of such direction, as the Superintendent of Police may direct.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 89—Time when Search Warrant may be Executed.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Every search warrant may be issued and executed on a Sunday and shall be executed between the hours of 6.30 a.m. and 6.30 pm., but the Court may, by the warrant, in its discretion, authorise the police officer or other person to whom it is addressed to execute it at any hour.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 90—Persons in Charge of Closed Place to Allow Ingress.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Whenever any building or other place liable to search is closed, any person residing in or being in charge of the building or place shall, on demand of the police officer or other person executing the search warrant, allow him free entry thereto and afford all reasonable facilities for a search therein.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) If entry into the building or other place cannot be so obtained, the police officer or other person executing the search warrant may proceed in the manner prescribed by sections 4 and 5.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3)&nbsp; When any person in or about such building or place is reasonably suspected of concealing about his person any article for which search should be made, such person may be searched. If such person is a woman the provisions of section 8 (3) shall be observed.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 91—Detention of Articles Seized.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1)&nbsp; When any thing is seized under a search warrant and brought before any Magistrate, he may detain or cause it to be detained, taking reasonable care that it is prescribed till the conclusion of the case; and if any appeal is made, he may order it further to be detained for the purpose of or pending an appeal. If no appeal is made, the Magistrate shall direct the thing to be restored to the person from whom it was taken, except in the cases hereinafter mentioned, unless he is authorised or required by law to dispose of it otherwise.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) If, under any such warrant, there is brought before any Magistrate any forged bank note, bank note paper, or instrument, or anything the possession of which, in the absence of lawful excuse, is an offence according to any law for the time being in force, the Magistrate may direct it to be detained for production in evidence or to be otherwise dealt with as the case may require.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3)&nbsp; If, under any such warrant, there is brought before any Magistrate any counterfeit coin or other thing, the possession of which, with knowledge of its nature and without lawful excuse, is an offence according to any law for the time being in force, it shall be delivered up to the Superintendent of Police, or to any person authorised by him to receive it, as soon as it has been produced in evidence, or as soon as it appears that it will not be required to be so produced.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 92—Provisions Applicable to Search Warrants.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Sections 73 (1) and (3), 75, 76, 78, 79, 80 and 83 shall, so far as may be, apply to all search warrants issued under section 88.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 93—Search without a Warrant in Certain Cases where Articles are Being Conveyed, Etc.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Whenever a police officer has reasonable cause to believe that any article which has been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained, or in respect of which a criminal offence has been, is being, or is about to be committed, is being conveyed, or is concealed or carried on any person in a public place, or is concealed or contained in any package in a public place, for the purpose of being conveyed, then and in any such case, if the police officer considers that the special exigencies of the case so require, he may without a warrant or other written authority apprehend, seize, and search any such person, package, or article, and may thereupon take possession of and detain such article together with the package, if any, containing it, and may also arrest any person conveying, concealing, or carrying the same as aforesaid.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 94—Search of Premises without Warrant.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Any police officer not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police, or who being below such rank is authorised in writing so to do by some police officer not below such rank, may enter any house, shop, warehouse, yard, ship, boat, vessel, beach, or other premises which he has reasonable cause to believe contains any property which has been stolen or dishonestly received and may search for, seize, and secure, any property which he has reasonable cause to believe has been stolen, or dishonestly received in the same manner as if he had&nbsp; a search warrant and the property seized, if any, corresponded to the property described in such search warrant.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2)&nbsp; Authorisations, searches, and seizures, given or made under this section shall not be confined to any particular property, but may be general.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 95—Saving with Respect to Certain Postal Matter.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Sections 88 and 93 shall not apply to the case of postal matter in transit by post, except where the postal matter has been, or is suspected of having been dishonestly appropriated during such transit.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Provisions as to Bail and Recognizances Generally</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 96—Granting of Bail.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a court may grant bail to any person who appears or is brought before it on any process or after being arrested without warrant, and who—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a) is prepared at any time or at any stage of the proceedings or after conviction pending an appeal to give bail, and</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b) enters into a bond in the manner hereinafter provided, with or without a surety or sureties, conditioned for his appearance before that court or some other court at the time and place mentioned in the bond.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2)&nbsp; Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) of this section or in section 15, but subject to the following provisions of this section, the High Court or a Circuit Court may in any case direct that any person be admitted to bail or that the bail required by a District Court or police officer be reduced.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) The amount and conditions of bail shall be fixed with due regard to the circumstances of the case and shall not be excessive or harsh.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4)&nbsp; A court shall not withhold or withdraw bail merely as a punishment.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5)&nbsp; A court shall refuse to grant bail if it is satisfied that the defendant—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a)&nbsp; may not appear to stand trial; or</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b)&nbsp; may interfere with any witness or evidence, or in any way hamper police investigations; or</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(c)&nbsp; may commit a further offence when on bail; or</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(d)&nbsp; is charged with an offence punishable by imprisonment exceeding six months which is alleged to have been committed while he was on bail.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(6)&nbsp; In considering whether it is likely that the defendant may not appear to stand trial the court shall take into account the following considerations—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a)&nbsp; the nature of the accusation;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b)&nbsp; the nature of the evidence in support of the accusation;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(c)&nbsp; the severity of the punishment which conviction will entail;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(d)&nbsp; whether the defendant, having been released on bail on any previous occasion, has wilfully failed to comply with the conditions of any recognizance entered into by him on that occasion;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(e)&nbsp; whether or not the defendant has a fixed place of abode in Ghana, and is gainfully employed;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(f)&nbsp; whether the sureties are independent, of good character and of sufficient means.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(7)&nbsp; A court shall refuse to grant bail—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a)&nbsp; in a case of treason, subversion, murder, robbery, hijacking, piracy, rape and defilement or escape from lawful custody; or [As amended by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, 2002 (Act 633), s. (7)].</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b)&nbsp; where a person is being held for extradition to a foreign country.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 97—General Provisions as to Recognizances.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1)&nbsp; When, as respects any bond, the amount has been fixed in which the sureties (if any) are to be bound, the bond need not be entered into before the Court, but may, subject to any rules made in pursuance of this Code, be entered into by the parties before any other Court or before any clerk of a Court, or before a Sub-Inspector of Police or other officer of police of equal or superior rank or in charge of any police station, or where any of the parties is in prison, before the Superintendent or other keeper of the prison; and thereupon all the consequences of law shall ensue, and the provisions of this Code with respect to bonds taken before a Court shall apply, as if the bond had been entered into before a Court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Where as a condition of the release of any person he is required to enter into a bond with sureties, the bond of the sureties may be taken separately and either before or after the bonds of the principal, and if so taken the bonds of the principal and sureties shall be as binding as if they had been taken together and at the same time.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3)&nbsp; A bond for the appearance of any person before the Court may be conditioned for his appearance at every time and place to which, during the course of the proceedings the hearing may be from time to time adjourned, without prejudice, however to the power of the Court to vary the order at any subsequent hearing.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 98—Discharge from Custody.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Where the execution of a bond is a condition of the release of any person, that person shall be released as soon as the bond has been executed and if he is in prison or police custody, the Court shall issue an order of release to the officer in charge of the prison or other place of detention and the officer on receipt of the order shall release him.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Nothing in this section or in section 96 shall require the release of any person liable to be detained for some matter other than that in respect of which the bond was executed.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 99—Deposit Instead of Recognizance.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">When any person is required by any Court or officer to execute a bond, with or without sureties, the Court or officer may, except in the case of a bond for good behaviour permit him to deposit a sum of money of such amount as the Court or officer may fix in lieu of executing such a bond, as security for the due performance of the conditions imposed on him by the Court or officer requiring the execution of the bond. Upon the breach of any such conditions, proceedings under section 104 may be taken for the forfeiture of the deposit in the same manner and to the same extent as if a bond for the amount of the deposit had in fact been executed.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 100—Variation of a Recognizance.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">If at any time after a bond has been entered into it appears to the Court that for any reason the sureties are unsuitable or that having regard to all the circumstances of the case, the amount of the bond is insufficient, the Court may issue a summons or warrant for the appearance of the principal, and upon him coming before the Court, may order him to execute a fresh bond in another amount or with other surety or sureties, as the case may be, and on his failing to do so may commit him to prison for a term not exceeding the maximum term for which he could have been committed to prison had he failed to produce a surety in the first instance.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 101—Discharge of Sureties.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Any surety for the appearance or behaviour of any person may at any time apply to a District Magistrate to discharge the bond either wholly or so far as it relates to the applicant.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2)&nbsp; On the application being made the Magistrate shall issue his warrant of arrest directing that the person so released be brought before him.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3)&nbsp; On the appearance of the person pursuant to the warrant, or on his voluntary surrender, the Magistrate shall direct the bond to be discharged either wholly or so far as it relates to the applicant or applicants, and shall call upon such person to find other sufficient sureties, and if he fails to do so may commit him to prison.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 102—Recognizances in Respect of Minors.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">When in any case the person in respect of whom a Court makes an order requiring that a bond to be entered into is a juvenile, the Court shall not require the juvenile to execute the bond, but shall require a relative, guardian, or other fit person with or without sureties to execute a bond on condition that the juvenile shall do what is required under the Court's order. [As amended by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s. (1)]</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 103—Persons Bound by Recognizance Absconding may be Committed.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">If it appears&nbsp; to any Court, on information on oath, that any person bound by bond to appear before any Court or police officer is about to leave Ghana, the court may cause him to be arrested and may commit him to prison until the trial, unless the Court shall see fit to admit him to bail upon further recognizance.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 104—Forfeiture of Recognizance.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Whenever it is proved to the satisfaction of a Court by which a recognizance under this Code has been taken, or when the recognizance is for appearance before a Court, to the satisfaction of that Court, that the recognizance has been forfeited, the Court shall record the grounds of proof, and may call upon any person bound by the recognizance to pay the penalty thereof, or to show cause why it should not be paid.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) If sufficient cause is not shown and the penalty is not paid, the Court may proceed to recover it by forfeiting any sum deposited in pursuance of section 99 or by issuing a warrant for the attachment and sale of the movable property belonging to such person or his estate if he be dead.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3)&nbsp; The warrant may be executed within the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Court which issued it; and it shall authorise the attachment and sale of any movable property belonging to such person without such limits, when endorsed by any Magistrate within the local limits of whose jurisdiction&nbsp; such property is found.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4)&nbsp; If the penalty is not paid and cannot be recovered by attachment and sale, the person so bound shall be liable, by order of the Court which issued the warrant, to imprisonment without hard labour for a term which may extend to six months.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5) [Repealed by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, 2002 (Act 633), s. (8)].</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(6) Where a surety to a recognizance dies before the recognizance is forfeited, his estate shall be discharged from all&nbsp; liability in respect of the recognizance.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(7) Where any person who has furnished security is convicted of an offence the commission of which constitutes a breach of the conditions of his recognizance, a certified copy of the judgment of the Court by which he was convicted may be used as evidence in proceedings under this section against his surety or sureties, and, if the certified copy is so used, the Court shall presume that offence was committed by him unless the contrary is proved.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 105—Appeal from and Review of Orders.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">All orders passed under section 104 by any Magistrate shall be appealable to and may be reviewed by the High Court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 106—Order of Fresh Security Upon Original Order.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">When any surety to a recognizance becomes insolvent or dies or when any recognizance is forfeited under section 104, the Court may order the person from whom such recognizance was demanded to furnish fresh security in accordance with the directions of the original order, and, if such security is not furnished, the Court may proceed as if there had been default in complying with the original order.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 107—Power to Direct Levy of Amount Due on Certain Recognizances.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The High Court or a Circuit Court may direct any District Magistrate to levy the amount due on a recognizance to appear and attend at that Court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 108—Photographs and Finger Prints.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Whenever any person is prosecuted and charged before any Court with an offence which amounts to a felony, or involves fraud or dishonesty, then and in every such case, whether such offence is to be tried summarily or on indictment, or whether the person has or has not been admitted to bail, a competent police authority of the locality may at his discretion cause to be taken for use and record in the Police Department such photographs, descriptions, measurements, thumb prints, and finger prints of the person as the competent police authority thinks fit.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2)&nbsp; If the person is not convicted as a result of or in connection with that prosecution, then the photographs and the records of his thumb prints and finger prints shall be destroyed.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) Every competent police authority is hereby authorised and empowered to take all such necessary action and to do all such things as the proper and efficient execution of this section may reasonably require.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Joinder of Charges and Accused.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 109—Joinder of Charges.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) For every distinct offence of which any person is accused there shall, subject to subsection (2), be a separate charge or count.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Charges or counts for any offences may be joined in the same complaint, charge sheet, or indictment and tried at the same time if such charges or counts are founded on the same facts, or form or are a part of a series of offences of the same or a similar character.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 110—Joinder of Accused.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1)&nbsp; The following persons may be charged and tried together namely—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a)&nbsp; persons accused of the same offence committed in course of the same transaction;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b)&nbsp; persons accused of an offence and persons accused of abetment, or of an attempt to commit such offence;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(c) persons accused of different offences provided that all the offences are founded on the same facts, or form or are part of a series of offences of the same or a similar character;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(d)&nbsp; persons accused of different offences committed in the course of the same transaction.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2)&nbsp; No trial shall be invalidated by reason only that two or more persons have wrongly been tried together on one complaint, charge sheet or indictment unless objection is made by any of the accused at the time or before he was called upon to plead.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 111—Separate Trial if Accused Likely to be Prejudiced by Joinder.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Notwithstanding sections 109 and 110, where before any trial or at any stage of a trial, the Court is of opinion that the person accused may be prejudiced or embarrassed in his defence by reason of being charged with more than one offence in the same complaint, charge sheet, or indictment, the Court may order a separate trial of any count or counts of such complaint, charge sheet, or indictment.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 112—Statement of Charges in Necessary Documents.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Subject to the special rules as to indictments hereinafter mentioned, every charge, complaint, summons, warrant, or other document laid, issued or made for the purpose of or in connection with any proceedings before any Court for an offence shall be sufficient if it contains a statement of the offence with which the accused person is charged together with such particulars as may be necessary for giving reasonable information as to the nature of the charge and notwithstanding any rule of law to the contrary it shall not be necessary for it to contain any further particulars than the said particulars.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The statement of offence shall describe the offence shortly in ordinary language, avoiding as far as possible the use of technical terms, and without necessarily stating all the essential elements of the offence and if the offence is one created by an enactment may contain a reference to the enactment.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) Where an enactment applies to acts committed before its commencement a charge under the enactment in respect of such an act shall contain a reference to the section of the enactment under which the accused is charged, notwithstanding that the enactment was not in force at the time when the act is alleged to have been committed.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4)&nbsp; After the statement of the offence, necessary particulars of the offence shall be set out in ordinary language, in which the use of technical terms shall not be required.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5)&nbsp; The following rules shall be applicable in all cases in which it may be necessary to refer to the ownership or description of property in any complaint, summons, warrant, charge sheet, or indictment—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a) if the property belonged to or was in possession of more than one person, whether as partners in trade or otherwise, it may be laid in the name of one such persons and another or others. This rule applies to bodies corporate, clubs, societies, joint tenants, tenants in common, partners and trustees;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b) property of a body corporate, club, or society having a recognized manager or agent in Ghana or a recognized secretary, may be laid as the property of such secretary, manager, or agent, and others, without naming the secretary, manager or agent;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(c) property belonging to or provided for the use of any public establishment, service, or department, may be laid as the property of the Republic;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(d) coin and bank or currency notes may be described as money, and any averment as to any money, so far as regards the description of the property, shall be sustained by proof of any amount of coin or of any bank or currency note, although the particular species of coin of which such amount was composed or the particular nature of the bank or currency note shall not be provided;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(e) property in any monument, memorial, tree, shrub or other thing in any cemetery or burial place, or of anything buried in any grave, may be laid in the Republic;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(f)&nbsp; property in respect of any postal matter, or of any chattel, money or valuable security sent by post, or of any public telegraph line or works may be laid in the Republic.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 113—Retrial.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">A person who has been once tried by a Court of competent jurisdiction for an offence, and convicted or acquitted of the offence, shall not be liable to be tried again on the same facts for the same offence or any other offence of which he could have lawfully been convicted at the first trial unless a retrial is ordered by a Court having power to do so.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 114—Retrial on Separate Charge.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">A person convicted or acquitted of any offence may be afterwards tried for any offence for which a separate charge might have been made against him on the former trial under subsection (2) of section 109.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 115—Consequences Supervening or not Known at Time of Former Trial.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">A person convicted or acquitted of any act causing consequences which together with such act constitute a different offence from that for which such person was convicted or acquitted, may be afterwards tried for such last-mentioned offence, if the consequences had not happened or were not known to the Court to have happened at the time when he was acquitted or convicted.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 116—Where Original Court was not Competent to Try Subsequent Charge.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">A person convicted or acquitted of any offence may, notwithstanding the conviction or acquittal, be subsequently charged with and tried for any other offence constituted by the same acts which he may have committed, if the Court by which he was first tried was not competent to try the offence with which he is subsequently charged.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 117—Proof of Previous Conviction or Acquittal.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) In any enquiry, trial, or other proceedings under this Code, a previous conviction or acquittal may be proved, in addition to any other mode provided by any law for the time being in force—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a)&nbsp; by an extract certified, under the hand of the officer having the custody of the records of the Court in which the conviction or acquittal was recorded, to be a copy of the sentence or order or acquittal; or</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b)&nbsp; by a certificate signed by the officer in charge of the prison in which the punishment or any part thereof was inflicted, or by production of the warrant of commitment under which the punishment was suffered;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">together with, in each case, evidence as to the identity of the accused with the person so convicted or acquitted.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) A certificate in the form prescribed by the Minister responsible for the Police given under the hand of an officer appointed by the Minister in that behalf, who has compared the finger prints of an accused person with the finger prints of a person previously convicted, shall be prima facie evidence of all facts therein set forth provided it is produced by the person who took the fingerprints of the accused.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) A previous conviction in any place outside Ghana may be proved by the production of a certificate purporting to be given under the hand of a police officer in the country where the conviction was had, containing a copy of the sentence or order, and the finger prints, or photographs of the finger prints of the person so convicted, together with evidence that the finger prints of the person so convicted are those of the accused person, or a certificate given under the hand of an officer appointed by the Minister under subsection (2) of this section that he has compared the fingerprints or photographs thereof of the person previously convicted with the fingerprints of the accused person and that they are those of one and the same person; and any certificate issued in accordance with this subsection shall be prima facie evidence of all facts therein set forth without proof that the officer purporting to sign it did in fact sign it and was empowered so to do.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Offences by Aliens Within Territorial Waters</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 118—Trial of Aliens for Offences Committed in Territorial Waters.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section proceedings for the trial of any person, who is not a citizen of Ghana for an offence committed within the territorial waters of the Republic, shall not be instituted in any Court except with the leave of the President and upon his certificate that it is expedient that such proceedings should be instituted.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a)&nbsp; Proceedings before a Magistrate previous to the committal of an offender for trial, or to the determination of the Magistrate that the offender is to be put upon his trial, shall not be deemed proceedings for the trial of the offence committed by the offender for the purposes of the said consent and certificate.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b)&nbsp; It shall not be necessary to aver in any charge or indictment that the consent or certificate required by this section has been given, and the fact of it having been given shall be presumed, unless disputed by the accused at the trial; and the production of a document purporting to be issued by the President and containing such consent and certificate shall be sufficient evidence for all the purposes of this section of the consent and certificate required by this section.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) "Offence" in this section means a felony or misdemeanour.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Examination of Witnesses</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 119—Repealed by N.R.C.D. 324.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 120—Repealed by Act 372, 3rd schedule.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 121—Certain Scientific Reports to be Evidence in all Courts.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Any document purporting to be an original report under the hand of any Government medical practitioner, analyst, chemical examiner or geologist, or of any assayer or mineralogist recognised by Minister for the purposes of this section by notification published in the Gazette, upon any substance or thing submitted to him for examination or analysis and report, may, if it is directed to the Court or is&nbsp; produced by any police officer to whom it is directed or someone acting on his behalf, be used as evidence of the facts therein stated in any enquiry, trial, or other proceeding under this Code.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Any document purporting to be an original report under the hand of a qualified medical practitioner relating to the nature or extent of the injuries of any person certified to have been examined by the practitioner, may, if it is directed to the Court or is produced by any police officer to whom it is addressed or by someone acting on his behalf, be admitted as evidence of the facts therein stated in any trial before a District Court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) Any document purporting to be an original report under the hand of a person gazetted as the Chief Transport Officer or as an Engineer Transport Officer relating to the condition of any motor vehicle or trailer, may, if it is directed to the Court or produced by any police officer to whom it is addressed or by someone acting on his behalf, be admitted as evidence of the facts therein stated in any trial before a District Court. For the purposes of this subsection "motor vehicle” and "trailer" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to&nbsp; them under the Road Traffic Ordinance.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) The Court may presume that the signature to any such document is genuine, and that the person signing it held the office which he professed to hold or was recognised as an assayer or mineralogist at the time when he signed it.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5) Upon receiving such report in evidence the Court shall if it thinks such a course proper for the ends of justice, summon and examine such medical practitioner, analyst, chemical examiner, geologist, or mineralogist, or a person gazetted in accordance with subsection (3), as a witness or cause his evidence to be taken on commission under the provisions of this Code as the case may require.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 122—Documents or Copies to be Evidence.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Subject to this section where, at the trial of a person, it is necessary or desirable to produce to the Court any official document issued by any authority or officer of the Armed Forces (or any entry in any such document), then, and in any such case—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a) a document purporting to be an original document under the hand of an officer of the Armed Forces, and certified by the officer having the custody of the document as being produced from his custody; or</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b) a copy of any document (or of any entry in a document which is certified under the hand of the officer having the custody of the original document to be a true copy of the original document or entry,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">may, at the trial, be admitted by the Court in evidence without officer who signed or certified the document or copy or who has the custody of the original being called to attend to give evidence upon oath, if the document or copy has been directed to the Court by the appropriate military authority, or is produced to the Court by the prosecutor or by a police officer.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Where, at any trial, it is intended to put in evidence a document or copy as provided in subsection (1), the prosecution, at least two days before the accused is brought before the Court, shall serve written notice of such intention upon the accused together with a copy of the relevant entry in, or part of, the document.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) The Court, when acting under this section at any trial, may presume that the signature of any military authority or officer is genuine and that the person signing or certifying held at the time the rank or appointment which he professed to hold.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) Nothing in this section shall prevent the Court, if it thinks such a course proper for the ends of justice, from summoning or examining as a witness at any stage of the proceedings, the authority or officer concerned, or from causing his evidence to be taken on commission under the provisions of this Code.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 123—Repealed by N.R.C.D. 324</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Commissions for the Examination of Witnesses</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 124—Issue of Commission for Examination of Witness.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Whenever the High Court or a Circuit Court is satisfied that the examination of a witness is necessary for the ends of justice, and that the attendance of such witness cannot be procured without such delay, expense, or inconvenience as, in the circumstances of the case, would be unreasonable, the Court may dispense with such attendance and issue a commission to any District Magistrate, within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the witness resides, to take the evidence of the witness.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The Magistrate to whom the commission is issued shall proceed to the place where the witness is or shall summon the witness before him, and after satisfying himself that sufficient notice has been given to the parties to the proceedings, shall take down the evidence of the witness in the same manner, and may for this purpose exercise the same powers, as in the case of a trial.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 125—Power of Magistrate to Apply for Commission.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Whenever in the course of any enquiry, trial, or other proceeding under this Code before any District Magistrate it appears that a commission ought to be issued for the examination of a witness whose evidence is necessary for the ends of justice, and that the attendance of such witness cannot be procured without such delay, expense, or inconvenience as in the circumstances of the case, would be unreasonable, the Magistrate shall apply to the High Court or a Circuit Court stating the reasons for the application; and the Court may either issue a commission in the manner hereinbefore provided or reject the application.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 126— Parties may Examine Witnesses.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) The parties to any proceedings under this Code in which a commission is issued may respectively forward any interrogatories in writing which the Court directing the commission may think relevant to the issue, and the District Magistrate to whom the commission is directed shall examine the witness upon such interrogatories.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Any such party may appear before the Magistrate by counsel, or in person, and may examine, cross-examine, and re-examine (as the case may be) the said witness.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) It is not necessary for the deposition to be taken in the presence of the accused if the accused or his counsel had the opportunity to cross-examine the witness.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 127—Return of Commission.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) After the commission issued under section 124 or section 125 has been duly executed it shall be returned, together with the deposition of the witness examined thereunder, to the Court which issued it and the commission, the return thereto, and the deposition shall be open at all reasonable times to inspection of the parties, and may, subject to all just exceptions, be read in evidence in the case by either party, and shall form part of the record.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Any deposition so taken may also be received in evidence at any subsequent stage of the case before another Court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 128—Adjournment of Enquiry or Trial.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">In every case in which a commission is issued under section 124 or 125 the enquiry, trial, or other proceeding may be adjourned for a specified time reasonably sufficient for the execution and return of trial the commission.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Evidence for Defence</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 129—Evidence of Witnesses.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) A person charged and called as a witness in pursuant of this Code shall not be asked, and if asked shall not be required to answer, any question tending to show that he has committed, or been convicted of or been charged, with any offence other than that wherewith he is then charged, or that he is of bad character, unless&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a) the proof that he has committed or been convicted of such other offence is admissible evidence to show that he is guilty of the offence wherewith he is then charged: or</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b) he has personally or by his counsel asked questions of the witness for the prosecution with a view to establishing his own good character or has given or called evidence of his own good character.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Provided that nothing in paragraph (b) of this subsection shall be deemed to authorise the accused to be asked or to require him to answer any question tending to show that he has committed or been convicted of or been charged with any offence other than that wherewith he is charged or an offence involving dishonesty or false statement.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Every person called as a witness in pursuance of this Code shall, unless otherwise ordered by the Court, give his evidence from the witness-box or other place from which the other witness give their evidence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 130—Repealed by N.R.C.D. 324</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 131—Alibi.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) If the person charged intends to put forward as a defence a plea of alibi, he shall be bound to give notice thereof to the prosecutor or his counsel with particulars as to the time and place and of the witnesses by whom it is proposed to prove it, prior in the case of a summary trial to the examination of the first witness for the prosecution and prior in the case of trial on indictment to the sitting of the trial Court on the date to which the case has been committed for trial.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) If such notice is given the Court may upon the application of the prosecution grant such adjournment as in the circumstances appears to the Court to be reasonable.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) If the person charged puts forward a defence of alibi without having given such notice the Court shall call upon him to give notice to the prosecution of the particulars mentioned in subsection (1) either forthwith or within such time as the Court may allow and after such notice has been given shall, if the prosecution so desires, adjourn the case.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) If the person charged refuses to furnish the said particulars as required the case shall proceed but no evidence in support of a plea of alibi shall be admissible evidence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 132—Right of Reply.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) In cases where the right of reply depends upon the question whether evidence has been called for the defence, the fact that the person charged has been called as witness shall not of itself confer on the prosecution the right of reply.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Any of the following officers when appearing personally as counsel for the prosecution shall, in all cases, have the right or reply, that is to say—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a) the Attorney-General, the Deputy Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, the Director of Public Prosecutions or the Chief Parliament Draftsman;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b) any Chief State Attorney, Principal State Attorney, Senior State Attorney or State Attorney;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(c) any Police Officer being a person of not less than three years standing as a lawyer.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Lunacy of Accused and Defence of Lunacy</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 133—Enquiry by Court as to Lunacy of Accused.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) When in the course of a trial or preliminary proceedings the Court has reason to believe that the accused is of unsound mind and consequently incapable of making his defence, it shall enquire into the fact of such unsoundness by causing him to be medically examined and shall thereafter take medical and any other available evidence regarding the state of the accused's mind.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) If the Court is satisfied from evidence on oath that there is a prima facie case against the accused, but is of opinion that the accused is of unsound mind and consequently incapable of making his defence it shall record a finding to that effect and postpone further proceedings in the case.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) If the case is one in which bail may be taken the Court may then release the accused on sufficient security being given that he shall be properly taken care of and shall be prevented from doing injury to himself or to any other person, and for his appearance at a stated time, or when required, before the Court or such officer as the Court appoints in that behalf.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) If the case is one in which bail may not be taken, or if sufficient security is not given, the Court shall order the accused to be detained in safe custody in such place and manner as it may think fit and shall transmit the Court record or a certified copy thereof to the Minister through the Judicial Secretary.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5) Upon consideration of the record the Minister may by warrant under his hand directed to the Court order that the accused may be confined as a criminal lunatic in a lunatic asylum or other suitable place of custody and the Court shall give any directions necessary to carry out such order. Any such warrant of the Minister shall be sufficient authority for the detention of the accused until the Minister shall make further order in the matter or until the Court finding him incapable of making his defence shall order him to be brought before it again in the manner provided by sections 134 and 135.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 134—Procedure when Certified as Capable of Making his Defence.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) If any person confined in a lunatic asylum or other place of custody under section 133 is found by the medical officer in charge of the asylum or place to be capable of making his defence, the medical officer shall forthwith forward a certificate to that effect to the Attorney-General. The certificate shall state whether, in the opinion of the medical officer, the person confined is fit to be unconditionally discharged.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The Attorney-General shall thereupon inform the Court which recorded the finding against that person under section 133 whether it is the intention of the State that the proceedings against him shall continue or otherwise.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) In the former case the Court shall thereupon order the removal of the person from the place where he is detained and shall cause him to be brought in custody before it in the manner described by section 135.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) If the Attorney-General informs the Court that the State does not intend to continue the proceedings then—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a) if the medical officer has certified that the person is fit to be unconditionally discharged, the Court shall forthwith make an order for his release; and</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b) in any other case, the Court shall make a note on the record to that effect, and the person may thereafter be dealt with in like manner as a criminal lunatic under subsections&nbsp; (3) to (5) of section 137.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 135—Resumption of Proceedings.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) After any postponement under section 133 the Court may at any time, subject to section 134, resume the preliminary proceedings or trial and require the accused to appear or be brought before the Court, when, if the Court considers him capable of making his defence, the preliminary proceedings or trial shall proceed, or begin de novo, as the Court thinks proper.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Any certificate given to the Attorney-General under section 134 may be given in evidence in any proceedings under this section without further proof unless it is proved that the medical officer purporting to sign it did not in fact sign it.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) If the Court considers the accused to be still incapable of making his defence, it shall act as if the accused were brought before it for the first time.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 136—Defence of Lunacy at Preliminary Proceedings.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">When the accused appears to be of sound mind at the time of preliminary proceedings, the Court, notwithstanding that it is alleged that at the time when the act was committed, in respect of which the accused person is charged, he was by reason of unsoundness of mind incapable of knowing the nature of the act or that it was wrong or contrary to law, shall proceed with the case, and, if the accused ought to be committed for trial on indictment the Court shall so commit him.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 137—Defence of Lunacy on Trial on Indictment</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Where any act is charged against any person as an offence and it is given in evidence on the trial of such person for that offence that he was insane so as not to be responsible according to section 27 or 28 of the Criminal Code for his action, then, if it appears to the Court before which he is tried or, in the case of a trial by jury if it appears to the jury that he did the act charged but was insane at the time when he did it, the Court or jury as the case may be shall return a special verdict to the effect that the accused was guilty of the act charged but was insane as aforesaid when he did the act.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) When the special verdict is found the Court shall forward the Court record or a certified copy thereof to the Minister and shall order the accused to be kept in custody as a criminal lunatic, in such place and in such manner as the Court shall direct till the President's pleasure shall be known, and it shall be lawful for the Minister to signify the President's pleasure by warrant under his hand and for the Minister therein and from time to time to give such or order for the safe custody of the said person during pleasure, in such place of detention, prison, or other suitable place of safe custody and in such manner as the Minister may deem fit.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) The Minister may by warrant under his hand, at any time discharge any criminal lunatic from such custody, and any such discharge may be absolute or subject to such conditions as the Minister in any case may think fit to impose.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) Where a criminal lunatic is conditionally discharged under this section, reports upon him shall be made to the Minister at such times, and by such persons, and containing such particulars, as may be specified in the warrant of discharge.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5) The Minister may at any time revoke any such conditional discharge if it appears to him that any of the conditions imposed has been contravened or not complied with, or for any other cause which he may deem sufficient, and thereupon the Minister may by warrant direct that the criminal lunatic be again kept in custody during pleasure and that he be detained in such place and in such manner as the Minister may deem fit.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 138—Procedure when Accused&nbsp; does not Understand Proceedings.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">If the accused, though not insane, cannot be made to understand the proceedings the Court may proceed with the preliminary proceedings or trial; and, in the case of a Court other than the High Court, if the investigation results in a committal for trial, or if the trial results, in a conviction, the proceedings shall be forwarded to the High Court with a report of the circumstances, and the High Court shall pass thereon such order as it thinks fit.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Costs and Compensation</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 139—Costs against Accused and against Private Prosecutor.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">[Repealed by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s. (9)]</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 140—Order to Pay Costs Appealable.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">[Repealed by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s. (10)]</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 141—Compensation in Case of Frivolous or Vexatious Charge.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) If on the discharge or acquittal of an accused the Court is of opinion that the charge was frivolous or vexatious the Court may order the complainant to pay to the accused a reasonable sum not exceeding 5 penalty units as compensation for the trouble and expense to which such person may have been put by reason of the charge. [As amended by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s. (11)]</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) This section shall not apply to any police officer acting bona fide in the course of his duties.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) No person who has been directed to pay compensation under this section shall, by reason of such order, be exempted from any civil or criminal liability in respect of the complaint made by him.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) Any amount paid to an accused under this section shall be taken into account in awarding compensation to him in any subsequent civil suit relating to the same matter.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5) A complainant who has been ordered under subsection (1) to pay compensation may appeal from the order, in so far as the order relates to the payment of the compensation, as if it were an appeal against a conviction.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(6) When an order for payment of compensation to an accused person is made in a case which is subject to appeal under subsection (5), the compensation shall not be paid to him before the period allowed for the presentation of the appeal has elapsed, or if an appeal is presented, before the appeal has been decided and, where the order is made in a case which is not so subject to appeal, the compensation shall not be paid before the expiration of the month from the date of the order.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 142—Costs and Compensation to be Specified in Order, how Recoverable.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The sum allowed for compensation shall in all cases be specified in the conviction or order, and be recoverable in like manner as any penalty may be recovered under this Code; and in default of payment of such compensation or of distress as hereinafter provided, the person in default shall be liable to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a term not exceeding three months unless such compensation shall be sooner paid. [As amended by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s. (12)]</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 143—Repealed by Act 372, 3rd Schedule.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Disposal and Restitution of Articles and Property</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 144—Power of Court to Order destruction, Etc. of Article.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Code or in any enactment, when any person is convicted of an offence the Court may make such order as in any case it thinks fit for the destruction or for the forfeiture and disposal of any article produced before it regarding any offence appears to have been committed, or which has been used for the commission of any offence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) When an order is made under this section in a case in which an appeal lies, such order shall not (except when the article is live-stock or is subject to speedy and natural decay) be carried out until the period allowed for presenting an appeal has passed or, when an appeal is presented within such period, until the appeal has been disposed of.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) In this section "article." includes, in the case of an article regarding which an offence appears to have been committed, not only the original article but also any article or property into or for which it may have been converted or exchanged and anything acquired by such conversion or exchange whether immediately or otherwise.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) In any case where the Court under this section orders the forfeiture of any article but does not give any directions as to its disposal, the article shall be disposed of in accordance with the directions of the Minister.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5) No order shall be made under this section in respect of any article unless the article is owned by the accused or is in his possession with the consent of the owner in such circumstances as to show that the owner was aware that an offence would be committed in respect thereof, or that it would be used for the commission of an offence. Any person claiming to be the owner of the article shall be entitled to appear and be heard before any order is made under this section. For the purposes of this subsection "owner" includes any person with an interest in the article.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 145—Restitution of Property Found on Person Arrested.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Where, upon the apprehension of a person charged with an offence, any property is taken from him, the Court before which he is charged may order that the property or a part thereof&nbsp; be restored to the person who appears to the Court to be entitled thereto, and, if he be the person charged, that it be restored either to him or to such other person as the Court may direct, or that it be applied to the payment of any costs or compensation directed to be paid by the person charged.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 146—Restitution of Property Stolen, Etc.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Where any person is convicted of having stolen or having obtained any property fraudulently or by false pretences, the Court convicting him may order that the property or a part thereof be restored to the person who appears to it to be entitled thereto.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 147—Restriction Disposal of Property of Accused Person.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Where any money or other property in respect of which any person has been charged before a court with an offence involving dishonesty is in the custody or possession of a person other than the accused, the trial court of its motion or on the application of the prosecutor or the alleged victim of the offence or any other court on the application of the prosecutor or the alleged victim of the offence may order that the person in whose custody or possession the money or property is shall not part with or dispose of the money or property until otherwise directed by the Court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 147A.—Payments of Money made by Accused Persons</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Where a person convicted of an offence involving dishonesty has, since the commission of the offence, made payments of money or transferred any property to any person, such payments or transfers shall be deemed to have been made out of the proceeds of the offence, and accordingly any court may, on the application of the prosecutor or the victim of the offence, order the person to whom the payments or transfers have been made to return the money or property to such person as may be specified by the court unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the court by the person in respect of whom the order has been made—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a) that he gave valuable consideration commensurate to the payments, of money or transfers of property made to him, or</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b) that he is a dependant of the person convicted and that the payments of money were his reasonable living expenses made to him as such dependant.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) An order under this section shall be deemed to be an exercise of the civil jurisdiction of the court in an action between the person in whose favour the order has been made as plaintiff and the person against whom the order has been made as defendant and shall be enforceable in the same manner and be subject to like appeal as are orders for the return of money.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) The court shall have jurisdiction under this section notwithstanding that the value of the money or property exceeds the limits of the civil jurisdiction of the court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 147B.—Order for Recovery of Property or its Value.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Where sentence is imposed for an offence involving dishonesty and any property including money is not recovered, the court on sentencing the offender, on its own motion or on the application of the prosecutor or the victim of the offence may make an order for the return by the offender to the victim of the offence of the property not recovered and for payment, in default, of the value of any property not returned.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) An order under this section shall be deemed to be an exercise of the civil jurisdiction of the court in an action between the victim of the offence as plaintiff and the offender as defendant and shall be enforceable in the same manner and be subject to the like appeal as are orders for the return of chattels or of money.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) In case of dispute as to the value of the property the issue shall be tried by the court in the same manner as in a civil action.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) The court shall have jurisdiction under this section notwithstanding that the value of the property involved exceeds the limits of the civil jurisdiction of the court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5) An order under this section may be enforced either during the term of the sentence imposed, or at any time within ten years after the expiry thereof.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 147C.—Definition of an Offence Involving Dishonesty.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">For the purposes of sections 147, 147A and 147B of this Act, an offence involving dishonesty means any of the following offences under Chapter I of Part III of the Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29), namely, stealing, fraudulent breach of trust, robbery, extortion, defrauding by false pretences and dishonest receiving.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 148—Power to Order Offender to make Compensation.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Any person who is convicted of felony or misdemeanour may be ordered by the Court to make compensation to any person injured by his offence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Any person who is convicted of an offence on summary conviction may be ordered by the Court to make compensation, not exceeding ¢10 million, to any person injured by his offence. [As amended by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s. (13)]</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) Any such compensation may be either in addition to or in substitution for any other punishment.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 149—Effect of Payment of Compensation.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Where any person who is injured by any offence receives compensation for the injury under the order of the Court the receipt of compensation shall be taken into account in assessing damages in any civil action for the same injury.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 150—Property in Possession of Police.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Where property has come into the possession of the Police in connection with any criminal charge it shall be dealt with in accordance with section 35 of the Police Service Act, 1970 (Act 350).</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 151—Repealed by Act 350, section 40.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Summary Procedure in Perjury</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 152—Perjury.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) The Court, if it appears to it that a person has been guilty of perjury in any proceeding before it, may—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a) commit him for trial upon indictment for perjury and bind any person by recognizance to give evidence at the trial; or</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b) commit him to prison for any term not exceeding six months with or without hard labour, or fine him any sum not exceeding 150 penalty units, or impose both such penalties upon him, in each such case as for a contempt of court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (a) Where, however, the Court is a District Court, the penalties shall be limited to three months' imprisonment or to a fine of 100 penalty units or to both.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b) On imposing any penalty as for a contempt of Court under this section, a Magistrate shall make and keep a minute recording of the facts of the penalty; and he shall forthwith send a copy of the minute to the appropriate Judge of the High Court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(c) Except where the order of the Magistrate is set aside by a judge of the High Court any penalty imposed under this section shall be a bar to any other criminal proceedings in respect of the same offence. [As amended by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s. (14) (a), (b)]</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Convictions for Offence Other than Charged</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 153—Person Accused of any Offence may be Convicted of Attempt.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) When a person is charged with an offence, he may be convicted of having attempted to commit that offence although the attempt is not separately charged.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) When a person is charged with an attempt to commit an offence and the evidence establishes the commission of the full offence, the accused may not be convicted of the full offence but may nevertheless be convicted of the attempt.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 154—When Offence Proved is Included in Offence Charged.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) When a person is charged with an offence consisting of several particulars, a combination of some only of which constitutes a offence complete lesser offence, and such combination is proved but the remaining particulars are not proved, he may be convicted of the lesser offence although he was not charged with it.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) When a person is charged with an offence and facts are proved which reduce it to a lesser offence, he may be convicted of the lesser offence although he was not charged with it.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 155—Conviction of Extortion on Charge of Corruption and Vice Versa.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) When a person is charged with extortion as a public officer or juror and it is proved that he was guilty of corruption he may be convicted of corruption although he was not charged with that offence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) When a person is charged with corruption as a public officer or juror and it is proved that he was guilty of extortion he may be convicted of extortion although he was not charged with that offence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 156—Conviction of Receiving on Charge of Stealing.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">When a person is charged with stealing anything and it is proved that he received the thing knowing the same to have been stolen, he may be convicted of receiving although he was not charged with that offence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 157—Conviction of False Pretences on Charge of Stealing and Vice Versa.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) When a person is charged with stealing anything and it is proved that he obtained the thing in any such manner as would amount under the provisions of the Criminal Code to defrauding by false pretences he may be convicted of defrauding by false pretences although he was not charged with that offence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) When a person is charged with defrauding by false pretences and it is proved that he stole the thing he may be convicted of stealing it although he was not charged with that offence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 158—Convicted of Extortion on Charge of Robbery, and Vice Versa.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) When a person is charged with robbery and it is proved that he was guilty of, extortion he may be convicted of extortion although he was not charged with that offence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) When a person is charged with extortion and it is proved that he was guilty of robbery he may be convicted of robbery although he was not charged with that offence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 159—Person Charged with Rape or Defilement may be Convicted of Kindred Offence.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1)&nbsp; Where a person is charged with rape, unnatural carnal knowledge or defilement and the original charge is not proved, the person may be convicted of the lesser offence of indecent assault although not charged with that offence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2)&nbsp; Where a person is charged with an offence under section 106 of the Criminal Code (which relates to a householder permitting defilement of a juvenile on premises belonging to the householder) the householder may be convicted of an offence under section 273 of the Criminal Code (which relates to permitting persons under sixteen years to be in brothels) although the person was not charged with that offence. [As substituted by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s. (15), and further amended by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633) s.(1)]</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 160—Repealed by N.L.C.D. 406 2nd schedule.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 161—Conviction of Motoring Offence on Charge of Manslaughter.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">When a person is charged with manslaughter in connection with the driving of a motor vehicle by him and the Court is of the opinion that he is not guilty of that offence, but that he is guilty of an offence under section 17, 18 or 19 of the Road Traffic Ordinance, he may be convicted of that offence although he is not charged with it.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 162—Conviction on Other Charges Pending.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Where an accused person is found guilty of an offence, the Court may, in passing sentence, take into consideration any other charge then pending against the accused if the accused admits the other charge and desires it to be taken into consideration and if the prosecutor of the other charge consents.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">PART III—SUMMARY TRIAL</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 163—Summary Trial.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) A reference in any enactment to an offence as</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a) a summary offence;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b) triable summarily; or</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(c) punishable summarily</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">means that the offence shall be tried in accordance with this Part.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2)&nbsp; For the avoidance of doubt where there is no provision as to whether an offence is triable summarily or on indictment, the offence shall be triable as a summary offence. [As substituted by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s. (16)]</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 164—Application.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">This Part applies to the summary trial of an offence by a District Court, a Circuit Court or the High Court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Procedure Upon Summary Trial</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 165—Publicity.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The room or place in which the Court sits to hear and determine the charge is an open and public Court, to which the public generally may have access as far as it can conveniently contain them.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 166—Non-Appearance of Prosecutor.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) When the accused comes before the Court on summons or warrant, or otherwise, either originally or on adjournment, then if the prosecutor, having had notice of the time and place appointed for the hearing or adjourned hearing of the charge, does not appear, the Court shall dismiss the charge, unless for some reason it thinks it proper to adjourn or further adjourn the hearing of the case until some other date, upon such terms as it shall think fit.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Where the accused does not appear personally and pleads guilty in writing or by his advocate under section 70 the Court may proceed to conviction notwithstanding the absence of the prosecutor or his advocate.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 167—Non-Appearance of Accused.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">When the accused does not appear personally nor plead in writing or by his advocate under section 70, the Court shall issue a of warrant to apprehend him and cause him to be brought before such Court under section 72.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 168—Appearance of Both Parties.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">If at the time appointed for the hearing of the case both the prosecutor and the accused appear before the Court which is to hear and determine the charge, or if the prosecutor appears himself or by his advocate and the personal attendance of the accused person has been dispensed with under section 70, the Court shall proceed to hear the case.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 169—Adjournment.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Before or during the hearing of any case, the Court may in its discretion adjourn the hearing to a certain time and place to be then appointed and stated in the presence and hearing of the party or parties or their respective advocates then present, and in the meantime the Court may suffer the accused to go at large, or may commit him to prison, or may release him upon his entering into a bond with or without sureties, at the discretion of the Court, conditioned for his appearance at the time and place to which such hearing or further hearing be adjourned.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The adjournment shall not be for more than thirty clear days, or if the accused person has been committed to prison, for more than fourteen clear days, the day following that on which the adjournment is made being counted as the first day. [As amended by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s. (17)]</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 170—Non-Appearance of Parties after Adjournment</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) If at the time or place to which the hearing or further hearing has been adjourned, the accused does not appear before the Court which made the order of adjournment, the Court may, unless the accused person is charged with felony, proceed with the hearing or further hearing as if the accused were present. [As amended by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s. (18)]</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Where a Court is satisfied that any person accused of any offence who is bound by bond to appear at any hearing or adjourned hearing of the case, is by reason of illness or accident unable at the date of such hearing or further hearing to appear personally before the Court, it may, in the absence of the accused, order a further adjournment for such time as may be lawful and reasonable and the time conditioned in the accused's bond shall be deemed to be varied accordingly.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) If the Court convicts the accused in his absence, it may set aside such conviction upon being satisfied that his absence was from causes over which he had no control, and that he had a probable defence on the merits.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) Where any sentence is passed in the accused's absence under subsection (1) the Court shall give directions for the carrying out of such sentence and shall issue its commitment or other warrant therefor, and in addition to authorising the carrying out of the sentence, such warrant shall, if necessary, be deemed to authorise the apprehension of the convicted person for the purpose of carrying out the sentence. The person effecting such apprehension shall endorse the date thereof on the back of the warrant and any sentence of imprisonment imposed on a person apprehended on such warrant shall commence from the date of his apprehension.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5) If the accused who has not appeared as aforesaid is charged with felony, or if the Court, in its discretion, refrains from convicting the accused in his absence, the Court shall issue a warrant for the apprehension of the accused and cause him to be brought before the Court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 171—Accused to be called upon to Plead.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) If the accused appears personally or, under section 70 (1), by his advocate, the substance of the charge contained in the charge sheet or complaint shall be stated and explained to him, or if he is not personally present, to his advocate (if any), and he or his advocate, as the case may be, shall be asked whether he pleads guilty or not guilty.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">In stating the substance of the charge the Court shall state particulars of the date, time, and place of the commission of the alleged offence, the person against whom or the thing in respect of which it is alleged to have been committed, and the section of the enactment creating the offence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) If the plea is one of guilty the plea shall be recorded as nearly as possible in the words used, or if there is an admission of guilt by letter under section 70 (1), such letter shall be placed on the record and the Court shall convict the accused person and pass sentence or make an order against him, unless there shall appear to it sufficient cause to the&nbsp; contrary.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) If the plea is one of not guilty the Court shall proceed to hear the case as hereinafter provided.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) If the accused or his advocate, as the case may be, refuses to plead, or if he does not appear and the Court decides to hear the case in his absence under the provisions of section 170 a plea of not guilty shall be entered and the plea so entered shall have the same force and effect as if the same had been actually pleaded.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 172—Procedure on Plea of not Guilty.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) If the accused does not plead guilty to the charge, the Court shall proceed to hear such evidence as the prosecutor may adduce in support of the charge.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The accused or his advocate may put questions to each witness produced against him.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) If the accused does not employ an advocate, the Court shall, at the close of the examination of each witness for the prosecution, ask the accused whether he wishes to put any questions to that witness and shall record his answer.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) If the accused instead of questioning the witness makes any statement regarding the evidence of that witness, the Magistrate shall, If he thinks it desirable in the interest of the accused, put the substance of such statement to the witness in the form of questions.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 173—Acquittal of Accused when no Case to Answer.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">If at the close of the evidence in support of the charge, it appears to the Court that a case is not made out against the accused sufficiently to require him to make a defence, the Court shall, as to that particular charge, acquit him.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 174—The Defence.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) At the close of the evidence in support of the charge, if it appears to the Court that a case is made out against the accused sufficiently to require him to make a defence, the Court shall call upon him to enter into his defence and shall remind him of the charge and inform him that, if he so desires, he may give evidence himself on oath or may make a statement. The Court shall then hear the accused if he desires to be heard and any evidence he may adduce in his defence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) If the accused states that he had witnesses' to call but that they are not present in Court, and the Court is satisfied that the absence of such witnesses is not due to any fault or neglect of the accused, and that there is a likelihood that they could, if present, give material evidence on behalf of the accused, the Court may adjourn the trial and issue process, or take other steps, to compel the attendance of such witnesses.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) If the accused person has examined any witnesses or given any evidence other than as to his, the accused's, general character, the Court may grant leave to the prosecutor to give or adduce evidence in reply.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 175—Addresses to the Court.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) The prosecutor or his advocate shall be entitled to address the Court at the commencement of his case and, where the accused has called witnesses, other than witnesses as to his general character, also at the conclusion of the case for the defence. The accused or his advocate shall be entitled to address the Court at the commencement or in conclusion of his case as he thinks fit.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Except with the leave of the Court, the Accused or his advocate shall not be entitled to address the Court on evidence adduced by the prosecutor in reply.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 176—Variance between Charge and Evidence.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Where at any stage of a summary trial before the close of the case for the prosecution, it appears to the Court that the charge is defective, either in substance or form, the Court may make such order for the alteration of charge either by way of amendment of the charge or by the substitution or addition of a new charge as the Court thinks necessary to meet the circumstances of the case.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Where the charge is altered as aforesaid, the court shall thereupon call upon the accused to plead to the altered charge.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) Where the charge is altered under subsection (1), the accused may require that the witnesses or any of them be recalled and be further cross-examined by him or his advocate and, in such case, the prosecution shall have the right to re-examine any such witness on matters arising out of such further cross-examination.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) Variance between the charge and the evidence adduced in support of it with respect to the time at which the alleged offence was committed is not material and the charge need not be amended for such variance if it proved that the proceedings were in fact instituted within the time, if any, limited by law for the institution thereof.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5) Where an alteration of a charge is made under subsection (1) of this section or where there is a variation between the charge and the evidence as described in subsection (4) of this section, the Court shall, if it is of opinion that the accused has been thereby misled or deceived, adjourn the trial for such period as may be reasonably necessary, having regard to the provisions of this Code.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(6) Where any such variance appears to the Court to be such that the accused has been thereby deceived or misled, the Court may, upon such terms as it thinks fit, adjourn the hearing of the case to some future day.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(7) Upon any such variance appearing, the Court may make such amendment of the summons, complaint, or charge sheet as it deems fit and may permit any witness to be recalled and further questioned upon any matters relevant to the variance or amended charge.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 177—The Decision.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) The Court, having heard what each party has to say and the witnesses and evidence so adduced, shall consider and determine the whole matter and may either convict the accused and pass sentence upon or make an order against him according to law or acquit him, as the case may be, and the Court shall give its decision in the form of an oral judgment, and shall record the decision briefly together with the reason for it, where necessary.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The Court may, if it thinks fit, receive evidence to inform itself as to the sentence proper to be passed and in the event of the Court convicting or making an order against an accused person in respect to which an appeal lies, the Court shall inform that person of his right to appeal at the time of entering the conviction or making the order.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) The conviction or order may, if required, be afterwards drawn up and shall be signed by the Court making the conviction or order, or by the clerk or other officer of the Court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 178—Committal for Sentence.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">[Repealed by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s. (19)]</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 179—Procedure where Offence Appears Unsuitable for Summary Determination.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) If it appears to the Court at any stage of a summary trial of an offence which is also punishable on indictment that the case is unsuitable for summary trial the Court may inform the Attorney-General of its opinion and adjourn the proceedings for not more than fifteen days to await his reply.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) If, within that time, the Court is notified by or on behalf of the Attorney-General that it is proposed to prosecute the accused on indictment the Court shall follow the procedure laid down in Part IV, and, in the case of a trial by the High Court or a Circuit Court, shall have the powers of a District Court under that Part.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) In any other case, the Court shall proceed with the summary trial of the offence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 180—Jurisdiction of District Court Ousted where Question of Title to Land is Involved.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">[Repealed by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s. (20)]</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 180A.—Repealed by Act 372 3rd schedule</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">PART IV—COMMITTAL FOR TRIAL FOR INDICTABLE OFFECE</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Preliminary Hearing by District Court</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 181—Procedure.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">When a person is before a District Court charged with an offence which is not being tried summarily there shall be a preliminary hearing of the case by the Court, at which the procedure laid down in this Part shall be followed.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 182—Bill of Indictment and Summary of Evidence.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) The prosecution shall furnish the Court and the accused with—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a) a bill of indictment which shall state in writing the charge against the accused;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b) a summary of evidence which shall comprise a list of the witnesses whom the prosecution proposes to call at the trial and a summary of the evidence to be given by each witness and a list of the documents and things it proposes to put in evidence at the trial.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The bill of indictment shall comply with the provisions of sections 201 and 202 as to form and content.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) The bill of indictment and summary of evidence may, by leave of the Court, be amended or added to at any time during the proceedings.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) The prosecution shall, unless the Court otherwise directs, deliver into the custody of the Court all documents and things which, according to the summary of evidence, are intended to be put in evidence at the trial.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5) The Registrar of the Court to which the documents and things referred to in subsection (4), were delivered shall be responsible for the custody of those documents and things and shall, for that purpose—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a) as far as may be practicable, affix or make identifying marks on those documents and things; and</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b) maintain a book in which he shall enter a complete description of those documents and things together with particulars of those identifying marks and sign and such entry.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 183—Authentication of Indictment and Summary of Evidence.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The bill of indictment and summary of evidence shall be by the Attorney-General or by some person authorised by him in that behalf.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 184—Conduct of Preliminary Hearing.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) The prosecution may address the Court in explanation of the case against the accused.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) An address may be made in reply by or on behalf of the accused.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) No such address shall be recorded but the accused may make a statement to be recorded under section 187.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) If the Court is of opinion that there is a case for the accused to answer, it shall commit him for trial to a Court (in this Part called "the trial Court") of competent jurisdiction.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5) If the Court is of opinion that there is not a case for the accused to answer, it shall discharge him but this shall not be a bar to a subsequent charge in respect of the same facts.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 185—Not a Public Court.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The room or place in which the proceedings are held is not an open or public Court for that purpose, and the Court may, if it thinks that the ends of justice will be best served by so doing, order that no person have access to, or be, or remain in that room or place without the express permission of the Court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 186—Adjournments.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The provisions of section 169 (which relates to adjournment) shall apply to the proceedings.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 187—Provisions as to Taking Statement of Accused Person.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) The Court shall, before deciding whether to commit the accused for trial, address to him the following words or words to the like effect—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">"Before deciding whether to commit you for trial, I wish to know if you have anything to say in answer to the charge. You are not obliged to say anything but if you have any explanation it may be in your interest to give it now. Whatever you wish to say will be taken down in writing and if you are committed for trial it may be given in evidence. If you do not give an explanation your failure to do so may be the subject of comment by the judge, the prosecution or the defence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The Court shall comply with the rules set out in the Sixth Schedule as to the taking of a statement.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) Whatever the accused states in answer to the charge shall be recorded in full and shall be shown or read over to him, and he shall be at full liberty to explain or add to his statement.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) When the whole statement is made conformable to what he declares to be the truth, the statement shall be attested by the District Magistrate, who shall certify that such statement was taken in his presence and hearing and contains accurately the whole statement made by the accused. The accused shall sign or attest by his mark such record If he refuses, the Court shall add a note of his refusal and the statement may be used as if he had signed or attested it.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5) Any person requested to make a statement under this section shall be entitled to do so without being sworn.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(6) The failure of any person charged with an offence to make a statement under this section may be the subject of comment by the judge, the prosecution or the defence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 188—Witnesses for the Defence.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) The Court, on committing the accused for trial, shall ask him whether he desires to call witnesses at the trial.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) If the accused states that he wishes to call witnesses the Court shall cause to be taken down in writing the name, address and other necessary particulars of each witness.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) If any such witness is present in Court, the Court may bind him by recognizance, with or without a surety or sureties, to appear at the trial to give evidence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) The Court shall inform the accused of his right to require the attendance at the trial of any witness and of the steps which he must take for the purpose of enforcing such attendance.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5) The accused may give notice to the District Court at any time before the date to which the accused has been committed for trial and at any time thereafter to the Registrar of the trial Court that he desires a witness to attend at the trial and the Court or Registrar shall cause a summons to be served on the witness for his attendance at the trial</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 189—Refusal to Enter into Recognizances.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) If a witness refuses to enter into a recognizance the Court may commit him to prison or into the custody of any officer of the Court, there to remain until after the trial, unless in the meantime he enters into a recognizance.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) If afterwards from want of sufficient evidence or other cause, the accused is discharged, the Court shall order that the person imprisoned for so refusing be also discharged.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 190—Order of Committal for Trial.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) The order of the District Court committing an accused for trial shall name the day, time and place at which the accused is to appear before the trial Court in answer to the indictment preferred against him. The day so named shall be not more than one month after the date of committal.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Provided that a committal for trial shall not be invalidated by reason only of a failure to comply with this subsection.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The District Court shall admit the accused to bail or send him to prison for safe keeping until the day so named.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) The warrant of the District Court shall be sufficient authority to the keeper of any prison appointed for the custody of prisoners committed for trial notwithstanding that the prison may be out of the area of jurisdiction of the Court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 191—Option of Accused Respecting Trial.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Where the charge is one in which an option is given to the accused, the Court upon committing the accused for trial upon indictment shall ask him whether he desires to be tried with a jury or by the Court with assessors and shall record and attest by his signature the answer of the accused, who shall also sign or attest by his mark such record; if he refuses to do so, the Court shall add a note of his refusal, and the answer shall be used as if he had signed it.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 192—Proceedings against Corporation.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) A corporation may be charged, either alone or jointly with any other person, with an indictable offence and the provisions of this Part shall, subject to this section, apply to the corporation as they apply to any other accused person.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The corporation may appear before the Court by a representative and any answer to the questions to be put under this Code may be made on behalf of the corporation by that representative, but if the corporation does not so appear it shall not be necessary to put the questions, and the Court may, notwithstanding, commit the corporation for trial.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) The corporation may, on arraignment before the trial Court, render in writing by its representative a plea of guilty or not guilty, and if either the corporation does not appear by a representative, or, though it does so appear, fails to enter as aforesaid any plea, the Court shall proceed as though the corporation had duly entered a plea of not guilty.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) In this section "representative" in relation to a corporation means a person duly appointed by the corporation to represent it for the purpose of doing any act or thing which the representative of a corporation is by this section authorised to do, but a person so appointed shall not, by virtue only of being so appointed, be qualified to act on behalf of the corporation before any Court for any other purpose.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5) A representative for the purpose of this section need not be appointed under the seal of the corporation, and a statement in writing purporting to be signed by a managing director of the corporation, or by any person (by whatever name called) having, or being one of the persons having, the management of the affairs of the corporation, to the effect that the person named in the statement has been appointed as the representative of the corporation for the purposes of this section shall be admissible without further proof as prima facie evidence that that person has been so appointed.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 193—Returns to be made to Court and Attorney-General.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">In the event of a committal for trial the bill of indictment, the summary of evidence, any recorded statement of the accused, his answer respecting the Court before which he desires to be tried (if any), the recognizances of the witnesses, and the recognizances of bail (if any), and any documents and things which have been delivered into the custody of the District Court, shall be transmitted in proper time to the trial Court and an authenticated copy of the statement and answer aforesaid shall be transmitted to the Attorney-General.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 193A.—Errors, etc not to Invalidate Committal.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other provision of this Code, any error, omission or irregularity, in respect of any matter specified in sections 181 to 193 of this Code, during the preliminary hearing, before a District Court of the case of an accused person, shall not invalidate their committal for trial of such person by such Court, unless a District Magistrate or Judge is of opinion that such error, omission or irregularity is likely to occasion a substantial miscarriage of justice.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Preservation of Testimony in Certain Cases</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 194—Power to take Depositions of Persons Dangerously III.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Whenever it appears to any Judge or Magistrate that any person dangerously ill or hurt, and not likely to recover, is able and willing to give material information relating to any offence triable on indictment the Judge or Magistrate may take in writing the statement on oath or affirmation of that person and shall subscribe it, and certify that it contains accurately the whole of the statement made by that person, and shall add a statement of his reason for taking the statement and of the date and place when and where it was taken, and shall preserve the statement and file it for record.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 195—Notice to be given in Certain Cases.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">If the statement relates or is expected to relate to an offence for which any person has been charged or in respect, of whom there has been a committal for trial, reasonable notice of the intention to take it shall be served upon the prosecutor and accused and if the accused is in custody, he may, and, if he so requests, shall be brought by the person in whose charge he is, under an order in writing of the Judge or Magistrate, to the place where the statement is to be taken.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 196—Transmission of Statements.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">If the statement relates to an offence for which any person is then or subsequently committed for trial, it shall be transmitted to the Court in which that person is to be tried, and a copy thereof shall be transmitted to the Attorney-General.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 197—Use of Statement in Evidence.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Upon the trial of any offender or offence to which such statement so taken may relate, if the person who made the statement is proved to be dead or if it is proved that there is no reasonable probability that such person will ever be able to travel or to give evidence, it shall be lawful to read such statement in evidence either for or against the accused person, without further proof thereof, if the same purports to be signed by the judge or Magistrate by or before whom it purports to be taken and provided that it be proved to the satisfaction of the Court that reasonable notice of the intention to take such statement was served upon the person (whether prosecutor or accused) against whom it is proposed to be read in evidence and that such person or his advocate had or might have had if he had chosen to be present, full opportunity of cross-examining the person who made the same.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Procedure before Trial Court</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 198—Directions for Trial.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) When the accused comes before the trial Court in pursuance of the committal order the procedure laid down in this section shall be followed.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The court shall cause the bill of indictment to be read to the accused and if necessary explained to him.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) Any objection by or on behalf of the accused to the indictment or the summary of evidence shall then be taken.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) The Court may cause the indictment to be amended and new counts to be added unless it is of opinion that having regard to the merits of the case the alteration cannot be made without injustice to the accused, and may direct a supplementary summary of evidence to be delivered to the accused and the Court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5) The Court may then require the accused to plead to the indictment or may postpone the taking of his plea to such later date as the Court may direct.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(6) The Court shall give directions as to the time, place and mode of trial.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 199—Plea of Guilty.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Where the accused pleads guilty to a charge, the Court before accepting the plea shall, if the accused is not represented by an advocate, explain to him the nature of the charge and the procedure which follows the acceptance of a plea of guilty.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The accused may then withdraw his plea and plead not guilty,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) Any statement made by the accused in answer to the Court shall be recorded by the Court in writing and shall form part of the record of the proceedings.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) Where the accused pleads guilty but adds words indicating that he may have a defence or so indicates in answer to the Court, the Court shall enter a plea of not guilty and record it as having been entered by order of the Court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5) The Court shall not accept a plea of guilty in the case of an offence punishable by death.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(6) If the Court decides not to alter the plea the Supreme Court shall have the right, on appeal against conviction, to order a re-trial if the Supreme Court is of opinion that a plea of not guilty should have been entered by the trial Court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 200—Taking of Evidence of Witness before Trial.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) If on the application of the prosecution or the accused it appears to the District Court conducting the preliminary hearing or trial Court that a particular witness will not be available at the trial, the Court may, if it is satisfied that it would be in the interest of justice so to do, take the evidence of the witness and cause it to be recorded. Such evidence may be read as evidence in any Court although he is not called as a witness.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) In such case, the Court may permit the party calling the witness to make a short statement beforehand of any facts which are necessary to enable the evidence of the witness to be understood and to be related to the charge and may also permit any other witness to be called and examined for the same purpose.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) Unless the Court, upon hearing the applicant, decides to refuse the application, the Court shall direct that notice of the application be served on the other party and order him to attend on a named day for the further hearing.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) In the case of any application under this section the Court may order that the accused shall attend the Court for the hearing of the application and on the taking of the evidence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5) The Court shall cause the order to be served on the accused and, if the accused is in custody, on the keeper of the prison.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(6) The order shall be a sufficient warrant to the keeper to bring him before the Court and, if the accused is on bail, shall be obeyed by him notwithstanding the terms of his recognizance.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The Bill of Indictment</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 201—Form of Bill of Indictment.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Every bill of indictment shall bear a date on the day when it is signed and, with such modifications as may be necessary to adapt it to the circumstances of each case, shall be in the following form:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">THE HIGH COURT (OR THE . . . . CIRCUIT COURT)</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Court of trial (e.g. Eastern Region Session held at Accra (or) Volta Region Session held at Ho.)</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">A.B. is charged with the following offences:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">First Count</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">STATEMENT OF OFFENCE</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Murder, contrary to section 46 of the Criminal Code.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">A. B., on the&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; day of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 19</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">at&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; murdered&nbsp; C.D.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Second Count</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">STATEMENT OF OFFENCE</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Manslaughter, contrary to section 50 of the Criminal Code.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">A. B., on the&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; day of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 19</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">at&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; unlawfully killed C.D.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 202—General Provisions as to Indictments.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Until provision is otherwise made by rules of Court, this section shall apply to all indictments and an indictment shall not be open to objection in respect of its form or contents if it is framed in accordance with the provisions of this Code.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Every indictment shall contain and shall be sufficient if it contains a statement of the offence with which the accused is charged, together with such particulars as may be necessary for giving reasonable information as to the nature of the charge and notwithstanding any rule of law to the contrary it shall not be necessary for it to contain any further particulars than the said particulars.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Use of Figures and Abbreviations.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) Figures and abbreviations may be used for expressing anything which is commonly expressed thereby.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) Mode in which Offences are to be Charged.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a) A description of the offence charged, or, where more offences than one are charged, of each offence so charged, shall be set out in a separate paragraph termed a "count".</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b) A count shall commence with a statement of the offence charged, called the statement of offence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(c) The statement of offence shall describe the offence shortly in ordinary language, avoiding as far as possible the use of technical terms, and without necessarily stating all the essential elements of the offence, and if the offence charged is one created by enactment shall contain a reference to the section of the enactment creating the offence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(d) Where an enactment applies to acts committed before its commencement, an indictment under the enactment in respect of such an act shall contain a reference to the section of the enactment under which the accused is charged, notwithstanding that the enactment was not in force at the time when the act is alleged to have been committed.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(e) After the statement of the offence, particulars of the offence shall be set out in ordinary language, in which the use of technical terms shall not be necessary.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(f)&nbsp; Where any rule of law or any enactment limits the particulars of an offence which are required to be given in an indictment, nothing in this rule shall require any more particulars to be given than those so required.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(g) Where an indictment contains more than one count, the counts shall be numbered consecutively.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5) Provision as to Statutory Offences.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a) Where an enactment constituting an offence states the offence to be the omission to do any one of any different acts in the alternative, or the doing or the omission to do any act in any one of any different capacities, or with any one of any different intentions, or states any part of the offence in the alternative the acts, omission, capacities, or intentions, or other matters stated in the alternative in the enactment, may be stated in the alternative in the count charging the offence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b) It shall not be necessary, in any count charging an offence constituted by an enactment, to negative any exception or exemption from or qualification to the operation of the enactment creating the offence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(6)&nbsp; Description of Persons.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The description or designation in an indictment of the accused, or of any other person to whom reference is made therein, shall be such as is reasonably sufficient to identify him, without necessarily stating his correct name, or his abode, style, degree, or occupation, and if, owing to the name of the person not being known, or for any other reason, it is impracticable to give such a description or designation such description or designation shall be given as is reasonably practicable in the circumstances, or such person may be described as "a person unknown".</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(7)&nbsp; Description of Document.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Where it is necessary to refer to any document or instrument in an indictment, it shall be sufficient to describe it by any name or designation by which it is usually known, or by the purport thereof, without setting out any copy thereof.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(8)&nbsp; General Rule as to Description.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Subject to any other provisions of these rules, it shall be sufficient to describe any place, time, thing, matter, act, or omission whatsoever to which it is necessary to refer in ordinary language in such a manner as to indicate with reasonable clearness the place, time, thing, matter, act, or omission referred to.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(9)&nbsp; Statement of Intent.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">It shall not be necessary in stating any intent to defraud, deceive, or injure to state an intent to defraud, deceive, or injure any particular person, where the enactment creating the offence does not make an intent to defraud, deceive, or injure a particular person an essential ingredient of the offence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(10)&nbsp; Charge of Previous Convictions.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Where a previous conviction of an offence is charged in an indictment it shall be charged at the end of the indictment by means of a statement that the accused has been previously convicted of that offence at a certain time and place without stating the particulars of that offence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">PART V—TRIAL ON INDICTMENT</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Procedure on Indictment</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 203—Trial on Indictment.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">A reference in any enactment to an offence as indictable or in terms to the like effect shall be taken as indicating that the offence is to be tried in accordance with this part.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 204—Jury or Assessors.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">All trials on indictment shall be by a jury or with the aid of assessors in accordance with the provisions hereinafter contained.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Qualifications and Attendance of Jurors</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 205—Qualifications of Jurors.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Subject to sections 207 and 208, every person between the ages of twenty-five and sixty years who is resident in Ghana and can understand the English language shall be liable to serve as a juror.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 206—Repealed by N.R.C.D. 121 Section 2.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 207—Exemptions from Jury Service.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The following persons are exempt from liability to serve as jurors—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a)&nbsp; The President and members of the National Assembly.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b)&nbsp; Judges, District Magistrates, Local Court Magistrates, Coroners, and Deputy Coroners.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(c)&nbsp; Legal practitioners in actual practice and all other Court officers.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(d)&nbsp; Registered medical practitioners and registered dentists in actual practice.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(e)&nbsp; Registered Pharmacists in actual practice.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(f)&nbsp; Prison officers and warders.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(g)&nbsp; Police officers.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(h)&nbsp; Officers and other members of the Armed Forces on full pay.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(i)&nbsp; Public officers (other than those engaged on clerical duties) employed in the Medical, Posts and&nbsp;&nbsp; Telecommunications, Customs and Excise, or Railway Department or under the Takoradi Harbour Authority.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(j)&nbsp;&nbsp; Persons actually officiating as priests or ministers of their respective religions.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(k)&nbsp; Schoolmasters actually engaged in teaching in a school.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(l)&nbsp;&nbsp; Persons employed in any public electric telegraph office or in any electric power station.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(m)&nbsp; Diplomatic and consular representatives and all salaried functionaries of foreign Governments.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(n)&nbsp;&nbsp; Editors of daily newspapers.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(o)&nbsp;&nbsp; Other persons exempted by the Chief Justice.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 208—Disqualifications of Jurors.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Any person convicted of treason or felony, or any offence involving dishonesty (unless he has obtained a free pardon) shall be disqualified from serving as a juror.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 209—Preparation of lists of Jurors.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The District Magistrate of all districts shall each year, between the 1st and 31st days of May and between the 1st and 30th days of November, and between such other dates (if any) as the Chief Justice may authorise, make lists of the persons resident at each town or place within their districts at or near which sessions of the High Court or Circuit Court are or shall be held (hereafter referred to as the sessions town), who are qualified and fit, and of persons resident within the district in which the sessions town is situate and within four miles of such town, or within such area as the Minister may by Order published in the Gazette specify, to serve as jurors, setting out the name and surname, and the occupation and place of abode of each person, and shall place them in the Court House of the district for the period of three weeks, to the end that any persons may apply to him by notice in writing to have their names added to or struck off such list, upon cause duly assigned in such notice.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 210—Information to be given when Required.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The District Court may require any person resident within its district to give his full name and surname, occupation, and place of abode, when required for the purposes of this code, and any person refusing or neglecting, when required to give such information, shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units. [As amended by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s. (21)]</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 211—Lists to be Settled.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">At the end of the time for posting such lists the District Court shall hold a public sitting for considering and disposing of all such notices then received, and shall then revise and settle the lists by the addition to or taking away of names therefrom, and by correcting any errors as to the names, occupations, or places of abode of any person included therein. The Court shall mark on each list the time at which it shall commence to be used. The persons named in such notices, and such other persons as the Court may require, shall be bound to attend such sittings.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 212—Copies of Lists to be Sent to Registrars.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The District Court, upon the list being so settled, shall send signed copies thereof to the Registrars of the High Court and Circuit Court for the appropriate sessions town.&nbsp; Each list so prepared and delivered as aforesaid shall constitute the jurors' list for the sessions town for which it has been prepared.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 213—Yearly Revision of Lists.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The lists so prepared and revised shall be again revised once in every year, and the lists so revised shall be deemed a new list, and shall be subject to all the rules herein contained as to the list originally prepared.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 214—How Jury Panel is Formed.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Whenever it is necessary to form a panel of jurors to serve at any sessions, the Sheriff shall cause the names of the jurors in the list prepared for the sessions town at or near which sessions are to be held to be written on separate cards or pieces of paper of equal size, and placed in ballot boxes to be kept for that purpose; and shall draw from the said boxes such number of names as the Court may direct of assessors and jurors to form a panel; and the cards or slips so drawn shall thereupon be locked up in separate boxes until the whole of the names in the ballot boxes shall be exhausted by subsequent panels, when all the names of the jurors, except those who may have served at the last preceding sessions, shall be returned to the ballot boxes; and, when required the names shall be re-drawn in manner aforesaid.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 215—Certain Names to be Passed Over.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The names of jurors who are dead or permanently resident at a greater distance than four miles from the sessions town, if no other area is specified under section 209 with respect to that town, and, if any such area has been so specified, the names of jurors permanently resident outside that area shall be passed over by the Sheriff in forming a panel.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 216—Names of Jurors may be Added to List or Expunged.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">In the event of any person, liable and suitable to serve as a juror, being found at any sessions town, or within four miles thereof, or within any area specified under section 209 with respect to such sessions town, after the lists are settled for the year, the District Court may place the name of that person on the list either as a juror or assessor, and he shall be liable to serve as a juror or assessor till a fresh list is brought into force; and whenever any juror or assessor on the list is disqualified his name shall be expunged.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 217—Sheriff to Summon Jurors.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The Sheriff (or the officer executing the office of Sheriff, as the case may be), before the sitting of any Court where at a jury is necessary, shall, on receiving from the Court a precept, issue summonses requiring the attendance thereat of the persons so drawn as aforesaid from the ballot box, and every summons shall be personally served upon or left at the usual or last known place of abode of the person summoned two clear days, or such other time as the Court may direct, before the day appointed for the sitting of the Court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 218—Power of Sheriff to Excuse Attendance of Jurors.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) If any person who has been summoned under section 217 shows in writing to the satisfaction of the Sheriff that there is good reason why he should be excused from attending as required in the summons, the Sheriff may excuse that person from so attending.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The Sheriff shall produce to the Court all applications received by him from persons asking to be excused from attendance as required in the summons and any correspondence relating to any such application and shall, where he has complied with the applications, state to the Court his reasons for so doing.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 219—In case Jurors cannot be found.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">If any of such persons cannot be found, the Sheriff shall&nbsp; obtain so many additional names, drawn in the aforesaid manner, as may be necessary to make up the jurors to the proper number, and shall issue summonses to such persons in like manner.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 220—Sheriff to Deliver Panel to Registrar.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The Sheriff shall cause to be delivered to the Registrar, a panel containing the names, occupations, and places of abode of the persons so summoned.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 221—Trials for which no Jurors List.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">If trials on indictment are held at any place or by any Court for which a jurors list has not been prepared under this Code, the Sheriff or Registrar may prepare a temporary jurors list for the purpose of such trials, and all the provisions of this Code shall, so far as applicable, apply in the case of the persons whose names are entered upon such temporary list.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 222—Penalty on Jurors not Attending.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Any person summoned to attend the Court as a juror who does not, without reasonable excuse (the burden of proof whereof shall rest on such juror), duly attend and be present at the Court, and at all times appointed by the Court for adjournment, and any person present in Court who being called to serve as a juror, refuses, without reasonable excuse, so to serve until discharged by the court, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units. [As amended by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s. (22)]</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 223—Punishment, Summary: How Enforced, Court may Remit Fines.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Such punishments may be inflicted summarily on an order to that effect by the Court, and any fine imposed shall be recoverable by distress and sale of the movable and immovable property of the person fined, by warrant of distress to be signed by the Registrar of the Court, which warrant shall be issued by the Registrar, without further order of the Court, if the amount of the fine is not paid within six days of being imposed, if imposed in the presence of the person fined, or within six days of its having come to his knowledge by notice or otherwise that the fine has been imposed, if imposed in his absence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) In default of the recovery of the fine by such distress and sale, the person fined may be imprisoned for the space of twenty one days, if the fine be not sooner paid.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) The Court may, if it thinks fit, remit any fine so imposed.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 224—Notice to Persons Fined in Absence.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">In cases where any person is so fined in his absence the Registrar shall forthwith send him a written notice of the fact, requiring him to pay the fine, or to show cause before the Court within four days for not paying it.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 225—Travelling Allowance for certain Jurors.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Any person summoned on a jury who resides more than four miles from the place to which he is summoned shall be entitled to be paid as travelling allowance such sum as the Court thinks fit.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 226—Court may Exempt Person from Serving.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Court from exempting any person from serving as a juror at any sessions, or on any trial for reasonable cause; a certificate bearing the signature of a registered medical practitioner setting out that any person required to attend as a juror is unable from the state of his health to do so, may, on the Court being satisfied of the signature of the certificate, be received as prima facie evidence of reasonable cause.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Qualifications and Attendance of Assessors</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 227—Qualifications of Assessors.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Every male person between the ages of twenty-five and sixty years who is resident in Ghana and can understand the English language shall be liable to serve as an assessor in trials on indictment of criminal cases.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The exemptions from liability to serve as jurors and the disqualifications shall apply to assessors in like manner as to jurors.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 228—Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff to Summon Assessors.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) The Sheriff or the Deputy Sheriff, before the sitting of a Court to try criminal cases on indictment shall, on receiving from the Court a precept, issue summonses requiring the attendance thereat of such number of persons qualified to serve as assessors as the Court may require.&nbsp; Every such summons shall be served in the manner and within the time prescribed by section 217.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Where a panel has been formed under section 214 the persons so summoned shall be persons included as assessors in that panel.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 229—Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff to Deliver Paper to Court.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The Sheriff or the Deputy Sheriff shall cause to be delivered to the Court issuing the precept a paper setting forth the names, occupations, and places of abode of the persons so summoned.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 230—Application of Sections to Assessors.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The provisions of sections 222, 223 and 224 (relating to punishment for non-attendance of jurors) and 226 (relating to exemption from service as jurors) shall apply to assessors in like manners as to jurors.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Arraignment: Supplementary Provisions</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 231—Accused to be Unfettered.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The accused person to be tried upon an indictment shall be placed at the bar of the Court unfettered, unless the Court shall see cause otherwise to order.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 232—Separate Trial and Postponement of Trial.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Where before trial on an indictment or at any stage of the trial, it appears to the Court that the indictment is defective or that an order should be made for a separate trial, the Court shall make such order for the amendment of the indictment as the Court thinks necessary to meet the circumstances of the case and upon such terms as the Court thinks just unless, having regard to the merits of the case, the amendment cannot be made without injustice.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Where an indictment is so amended, a note of the order for amendment shall be endorsed on the indictment, and the indictment shall be treated for the purpose of all proceedings in connection therewith as having been filed in the amended form.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3)&nbsp; Where, before a trial upon indictment or at any stage of the trial, the Court is of opinion that the accused may be prejudiced or embarrassed in his defence by reason of being charged with more than one offence in the same indictment or that for any other reason it is desirable to direct that the person should be tried separately for one or more offences charged in an indictment, the Court may order a separate trial of any count or counts of the indictment.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) Where, before a trial upon indictment or at any stage of the trial the Court is of opinion that the postponement of the trial of the accused is expedient as a consequence of the exercise of the power of the Court under this Code, the Court shall make such order as to the postponement of the trial as appears necessary.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5)&nbsp; Where an order of the Court is made under this section for a separate trial or for postponement of a trial—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a)&nbsp; if the order is made during a trial with a jury or during a trial with assessors the Court may order that the jury or the assessors be discharged from giving a verdict or opinions, as the case may be, on the count or counts the trial of which is postponed, or on the indictment as the case may be; and</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b)&nbsp; the procedure on the separate trial of a count shall be the same in all respects as if the count had been found in a separate indictment, and the procedure on the postponed trial shall be the same in all respects (provided that the jury or assessors, if any, have been discharged) as if the trial had not commenced; and</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(c)&nbsp; the Court may make such order as to admitting the accused to bail, and as to the enlargement of recognizances and otherwise as the Court thinks fit.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(6) Any power of the Court under this section shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other power of the Court for the same or similar purposes.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 233—Indictment not to be held Insufficient for certain Omissions.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">No indictment for any offence shall be held insufficient for want of the averment of any matter unnecessary to be proved, nor for omitting to state the time at which the offence was committed, nor for stating the time imperfectly, nor for stating the offence to have been committed on a date subsequent to that of the indictment, or on an impossible day, or on a day that never happened, nor for want of the statement of the value or price of any matter or thing, or the amount of damage, injury, or spoil, in any case where the time, value, or price, or the amount of damage, injury, or spoil is not of the essence of the offence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 234—Quashing Indictment.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) If an indictment does not state, and cannot by any authorised amendment be made to state, any offence of which the accused can be convicted, it shall be quashed either on a motion made before the accused pleads or on a motion made in arrest of judgment.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) A written statement of every such motion shall be delivered to the Registrar or other officer of the Court by or on behalf of the accused and shall be entered upon the record.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 235—Procedure in Case of Previous Convictions.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Where an indictment contains a count charging a person with an offence and a further count that he is by reason of a previous conviction liable to enhanced punishment or to punishment of a different kind for the subsequent offence, the procedure shall be as follows, namely—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a)&nbsp; the part of the indictment stating the previous conviction shall not be read out in Court, nor shall the accused be asked whether he has been previously convicted as alleged in the indictment unless and until he has either pleaded guilty to or been convicted of the subsequent offence;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b)&nbsp; if he pleads guilty to or is convicted of the subsequent offence, he shall then be asked whether he has been previously convicted as alleged in the indictment;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(c) if he answers that he has been previously convicted, the Court may proceed to pass sentence on him accordingly, but if he denies that he has been previously convicted, or refuses to or does not answer the question, the jury, or the Court and the assessors, as the case may be, shall then hear evidence concerning the previous conviction; in such case it shall not be necessary to swear the jurors again.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 236—Plead of "not guilty".</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Every accused person, upon being arraigned upon any indictment, by pleading generally thereto the plea of "not guilty" shall, without further form, be deemed to have put himself upon the country for trial.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 237—Plead of Autrefois Acquit and Autrefois Convict.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) An accused may, upon indictment, plead—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a) that he has been previously convicted or acquitted, as the case may be, of the same offence; or</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b) that he has obtained the President's Pardon for his offence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) If either of those pleas is pleaded in any case and denied to be true in fact, the Court shall try whether the plea is true in fact or not.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) If the Court holds that the facts alleged by the accused do not prove the plea, or if it thinks that it is false in fact, the accused shall be required to plead to the indictment.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) Nothing in this section shall prevent an accused who has pleaded "not guilty" from raising any matter by way of defence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 238—Refusal to Plead.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">If any accused being arraigned upon, or charged with, any indictment, stands mute of malice, or neither will, nor by reason of infirmity can answer directly to the indictment, the Court, if it thinks fit, may cause a plea of "not guilty" to be entered on behalf of the accused, and the plea so entered shall have the same force and effect as if the accused had so pleaded; or else the Court shall thereupon proceed to try or, if the case is triable by jury under section 242 or 245 cause a jury to be empanelled to try whether the accused be of sound or unsound mind, and if he is found of sound mind shall proceed with the trial, and if he is found of unsound mind, and consequently incapable of making his defence, shall proceed in the manner provided by section 133 which shall apply accordingly.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 239—Plea of "guilty".</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) A plea of guilty, when recorded, shall constitute a conviction.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Where an accused is arraigned on an indictment for any offence and can lawfully be convicted on the indictment of some other offence not charged in the indictment, he may plead "not guilty" of the offence charged in the indictment but "guilty" of the other offence, and upon the plea of guilty the Court may, with the consent of the prosecution, acquit the accused of the offence with which he is charged and record the plea of guilty to the other offence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 240—Proceedings After Plea of "not guilty".</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) If the accused pleads "not guilty", or if a plea of "not guilty" is entered, the Court shall proceed to choose jurors or assessors, as hereinafter directed, and to try the case.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Subject to the right of objection hereinafter mentioned, the same jury may try, or the same assessors may aid in the trial of, as many accused successively as the Court thinks fit.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 241—Power to Postpone or Adjourn Proceedings.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) If, from the absence of witnesses or any other reasonable cause to be recorded in the proceedings, the Court considers it necessary or advisable to postpone the commencement of or to adjourn any trial, the Court may from time to time postpone or adjourn it on such term as it thinks fit for such time as it considers reasonable, and may by warrant remand the accused to some prison or other place of security.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) During a remand the Court may at any time order the accused to be brought before it.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) The Court may on a remand admit the accused to bail.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Mode of Trial</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 242—Trial by Jury where Charge not Capital.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) The Minister may by legislative Instrument appropriate any offence or class of offences to be tried with a jury. Such instruments may apply to trials taking place in a particular Region, area, or place, or generally throughout the jurisdiction of the Court, and any person charged with an offence directed by any such instrument to be tried with a jury shall be so tried accordingly.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Upon the application of the accused or the Attorney-General the Court may, if it thinks that the ends of justice would be served by doing so, direct that the accused be tried with assessors instead of a jury, and on such order being made the accused shall be tried by the Court with assessors accordingly.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 243—Trial by the Court with Assessors.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Any person charged with an offence not triable by a jury under section 245, and not directed to be tried by a jury under section 242, shall, subject to subsection (2), be tried by the Court with assessors.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) In any such case, the Court before which the trial is held may (for reasons to be stated in the minutes) direct that the accused shall be tried with a jury.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 244—Composition of Jury.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">In cases tried with a jury the trial shall be with a jury of seven persons.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 245—Capital Cases.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Trials for all offences punishable by death shall be with a jury in accordance with section 244.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Trial with a Jury</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 246—Names of Jurors to be Drawn from Ballot Boxes.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">At the sitting of the Court to try criminal cases triable by jury the names of all the jurors summoned shall be written on separate pieces of card or paper of equal size and put into a box; and, whenever a jury is required, the Registrar or other officer of the Court shall, in open Court, draw from the box by lot until the required number of jurors appear, who, after all just cause of challenge allowed, remain as fair and indifferent; and this shall be done whenever it is necessary to form a new jury.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 247—Provision for New Jury whilst Jurors whose Names Already Drawn are Deliberating</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">If a case be brought on for trial during the time that a jury in any other case is deliberating, a new jury may be drawn from the residue of the cards in the box.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 248—Deficiency of Jurors, Tales de Circumstantibus.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Whenever there is a deficiency of jurors, or when the number of trials before the Court renders the attendance of one set of jurors for the whole of any session oppressive, the Court may issue fresh precepts, if necessary, and, subject to all rights of challenge, to put upon the jury so many men of the bystanders as shall be sufficient to make up the full number thereof, and it shall not be an objection to any such talesman that his name is not upon any jurors list.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 249—Warning Accused to Challenge.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">When the jurors are ready to be sworn, the Registrar or other officer of the Court shall address the accused person as follows: "The jurors who are to try you are now about to be sworn; if you object to any of them, you must do so as they come to the book to be sworn, and before they are sworn, and you shall be heard."</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 250—Peremptory Challenge.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">There shall be no challenge to the array, but every accused either personally or by his counsel shall be allowed to challenge three of the jurors by way of peremptory challenge without assigning cause therefor.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 251—Challenges for Cause.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Challenges for cause shall be allowed on any of the following grounds—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a) presumed or actual partiality or prejudice in the juror, as standing in the relation of husband, wife, master or servant, landlord or tenant, to the person accused, or to the person supposed to have been injured or affected by the acts complained of, or to the person on whose complaint the prosecution was instituted; being in the employment of any such person being plaintiff or defendant against any such person in any civil suit, or having complained against or having been accused by any such person in any criminal prosecution, or entertaining prejudiced views on the case to be tried;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b) some personal cause, as infancy, old age, deafness, blindness, infirmity, or ill-health;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(c) that the juror has been convicted for perjury or other offence, disqualifying him from acting as a juror;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(d) that the juror does not understand the English language.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 252—Trial of Challenges for Cause.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Every challenge for cause, if objected to by the opposite party, shall be tried and determined by the Court without a jury and the person challenged shall be examined on oath, and shall be required to answer on oath all lawful questions relating to the trial of the challenge.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 253—Foreman of Jury.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) When the jurors have been chosen they shall be sworn.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) When the jurors have been sworn they shall appoint one of their number to be foreman.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) If a majority of the jury do not, within such time as seems reasonable, to the Court, agree in the appointment of a foreman, he shall be appointed by the Court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 254—Duty of Foreman.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The foreman shall preside at the meetings of the jury for consideration and ask any information from the Court that is required by the jury or any of the jurors.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 255—Giving the Accused in Charge.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The jury having been sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence upon the issues to be tried by them, and having elected a foreman, the proper officer of the Court shall inform them of the charge set forth in the indictment, and of their duty as jurors upon the trial.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 256—Illness of Accused.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">If during a trial the accused in the opinion of the Court becomes incapable, through sickness or other sufficient cause, of remaining at the bar, the court may discharge the jury and adjourn the trial.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 257—In Absence of Juror Trial may be Postponed, or Fresh Jury Called.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">If in the course of a trial, at any time prior to the delivery of the verdict, any juror from any sufficient cause is prevented from attending through the trial, or from further attendance at the time, or if any juror absents himself, and his further attendance cannot be immediately enforced, the Court may postpone the trial till the juror can attend, if within a reasonable time; or, if the attendance of the juror cannot be procured within a reasonable time, the Court may direct that a juror shall be added, and the jury re-sworn, or that the jury shall be discharged, and a new jury empanelled, and in either of the latter cases the trial shall commence anew.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 258—When Jury to be Kept Together.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) It shall not be necessary in any case to keep the jury together during any adjournment previous to the close of the Judges' summing up; but the Court may, if it appear to it to be advisable in the interest of justice in any trial, require the jury to be kept together during any adjournment.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) When the jury have retired to consider their verdict the Court may give such directions as it may think fit with respect to their accommodation, custody, and refreshment.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 259—Jurors to Attend Adjournment.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">If a trial is adjourned, the jurors shall be required to attend at the adjourned sitting and at every subsequent sitting until the conclusion of the trial.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Trial with Assessors</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 260—Selection of Assessors.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) If the trial is to be held with the aid of assessors, the Judge shall select from the persons summoned to act as assessors such number, not being ordinarily less than three, as he shall think fit to assist him in such trial.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The persons charged may object to any assessors so appointed and the Court shall refuse to allow any such assessor to sit if the grounds for such objection are substantial and reasonable.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 261—Decision of Court and Assessors to have same Effects as Finding of Jury.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Upon every such trial the decision of the Judge with the aid of the assessors, as to all matters arising thereupon, which in the case of a trial by jury would be left to the decision of the jurors, shall have the same force and effect as the finding or verdict of a jury thereon.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 262—If any Assessor unable to Attend Trial may Proceed.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) If in the course of a trial with the aid of assessors, at any time prior to the finding, any assessor from any sufficient cause is prevented from attending throughout the trial, the trial shall proceed with the aid of the remaining assessors.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) If two or more assessors are prevented from attending or absent themselves, the proceedings shall be stayed, and a new trial shall be held with the aid of fresh assessors.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 263—Adjournment.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) The Court may in its discretion from time to time adjourn the trial, if necessary.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) In the event of adjournment the assessors shall be required to attend at the adjourned sitting, and at every subsequent sitting till the conclusion of the trial.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 264—Decision.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) the opinion of each assessor shall be given orally, and shall be recorded in writing by the Court, but the decision shall be vested exclusively in the Judge.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Any assessor dissenting from any decision of the Court may have his dissent and the grounds thereof recorded in the minutes.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Case for the Prosecution</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 265—Opening of Case for Prosecution.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">When in the case of trial before a Judge with assessors the accused has pleaded to the indictment or, in the case of trial by jury, the accused has been given in charge of the jury, counsel for the prosecution shall open the case against the accused and shall call witnesses and adduce evidence in support of the charge.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 266—Additional Witnesses for Prosecution.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) If the Attorney-General is of opinion that there is in any case committed for trial any material or necessary witness other than those mentioned in the summary of evidence, the Attorney-General may call the witness before the trial Court upon giving to the Registrar of the Court and to the accused notice of his intention to do so together with a summary of the evidence to be given by the witness.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The Court shall determine what notice is reasonable, regard being had to the time when and the circumstances under which the prosecution became acquainted with the nature of the witness's evidence and determined to call him as a witness.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) No such notice need be given if the prosecution first became aware of the evidence which the witness could give on the day on which he is called.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) Where in pursuance of section 121 a medical practitioner's or analyst's report has been tendered as evidence at the preliminary hearing it shall not be necessary for the prosecution to give notice to the accused of its intention to call the writer of the report as a witness.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 267—Repealed by N.R.C.D. 324.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 268—Police Statement.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) At any time before, or during the course of, the trial, the accused may require the police to deliver to him a copy of a statement taken by them from any person who is either listed in the summary of evidence or in any supplementary summary or is actually called upon as witness.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) If a witness is cross-examined at the trial on behalf of the accused on any part of the witness's statement to the police the prosecution may furnish the Court with a copy of the statement which shall become part of the record of the trial.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) The statement shall not thereby become evidence of any facts alleged therein but the judge and jury may take it into account in judging the credibility of the witness on his evidence as a whole and the prosecution and defence shall be entitled to refer to it in examining or cross-examining any witness and in addressing the Court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 269—Proof of Statement of Accused in Lower Court.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) The statement of the accused duly recorded by or before the committing Court and whether signed by the accused or not, may be given in evidence without further proof thereof by the prosecution unless it is proved that the Magistrate purporting to sign it did not in fact sign it.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Where the prosecution does not put in the statement, the Judge, on the application of the defence, may order the statement to be read at the conclusion of the prosecution evidence as part of the prosecution case.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 270—Repealed by N.R.C.D. 324.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 271—At Conclusion of Prosecution Case, Judge may Consider if there is a Case to answer</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The Judge may consider at the conclusion of the case for the prosecution whether there is any case for submission to the jury, and if the Judge is of opinion that there is no evidence that the accused has committed any offence of which he could be lawfully convicted on the indictment upon which he is being tried, the Judge shall forthwith direct the jury to enter a verdict of not guilty and shall acquit the accused.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Case for the Defence</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 272—At close of prosecution case, Judge to inform undefended accused of his rights</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) At the close of the evidence for the prosecution and after the statement of the accused person before the committing Court has been given in evidence the Court shall in cases where the accused is not defended by counsel inform him of his right to address the Court, to give evidence on his own behalf or to make an unsworn statement and to call witness in his defence and in all cases shall require him or his counsel to state whether it is intended to call any witnesses as to fact other than the accused person himself.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Upon the accused being so informed the Judge shall record the fact and shall then observe the appropriate procedure set out in section 273.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 273—Procedure to be Followed where Accused is Undefended.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Where the accused person is not defended by counsel and states that he does not intend to call any witness as to the facts except himself, the Court shall forthwith call upon the accused to make his statement or say nothing or give evidence on oath as to the facts, and after his cross-examination (if any) he shall be permitted to address the Court if he so desires and to call any witnesses as to character.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Where the accused is not defended by counsel but states that he intends to call witnesses other than himself, the Court shall call upon him to open his case.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) At the conclusion of the evidence for the defence the accused shall be permitted to sum up his case to the Court and counsel for the prosecution shall be entitled to reply.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 274—Where Accused is Defended.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Where the accused is defended by counsel who states that no witness as to the facts will be called except the accused, the Court shall require the accused to make his unsworn statement or give his evidence, as the case may be. Thereafter counsel for the prosecution may address the Court and counsel for the defence may reply and shall then call his witness (if any) as to the character of the accused.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Where the accused is defended by counsel who states that he intends to call witnesses other than the accused, the Court shall call upon the accused's counsel to open his case; and at the conclusion of the evidence for the defence, counsel for the accused may address the Court and counsel for the prosecution may reply.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) In any case where two or more accused are jointly tried and some accused are defended by counsel and others are not, the Court shall for the purpose of procedure deem all the accused to be defended by counsel.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 275—Additional Witnesses to the Defence.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) The accused person shall be allowed to examine any witness, although not previously bound over to give evidence and shall if he apprehends that the witness will not attend the trial voluntarily, be entitled to apply for the issue of process to compel the witness's attendance.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) No accused person shall be entitled to any adjournment to secure the attendance of any witness unless he shows that he could not by reasonable diligence have taken earlier steps to obtain the presence of the witness.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 276—Evidence by Prosecution in Rebuttal.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) At the close of the evidence for the defence, or, where it is sought to rebut evidence of good character, after evidence of good character has been given, the Court may, in its discretion, on the application of counsel for the prosecution, grant him leave to call evidence to disprove any new facts set up by the defence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Where such evidence in rebuttal is given, counsel for the defence shall be entitled to comment on the evidence so given.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Close of Hearing In Trials by Jury</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 277—Summing up by Judge.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">When, in a trial before a jury, the case on both sides is closed, the Judge shall, if necessary, sum up the law and evidence in the case.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 278—Duty of Judge.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) In such cases it is the duty of the Judge—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a) to decide all questions of law arising in the course of trial, and especially all questions as to the relevancy of facts which it is proposed to prove and the admissibility of evidence or the propriety of questions asked by or on behalf of the parties, and, in his discretion, to prevent the production of inadmissible evidence whether it is not objected to by the parties;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b) to decide upon the meaning and construction of all documents given in evidence at the trial.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(c) to decide on all matters of fact which it may be necessary to prove in order to enable evidence of particular matters to be given;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(d) to decide whether any question which arises is for himself or for the jury, and upon this point his decision shall bind the jurors.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The Judge may, if he thinks proper, in the course of his summing up, express to the jury his opinion upon any question of fact or upon any question of mixed law and fact relevant to the proceedings.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 279—Duty of Jury.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">It is the duty of the jury—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a) to decide which view of the facts is true and then to return the verdict which, under such view, ought, according to the direction of the Judge, to be returned;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b) to determine the meaning of all technical terms (other than terms of law) and words used in an unusual sense, which it may be necessary to determine, whether such words occur in documents or not;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(c) to decide all questions which according to law, are to be deemed questions of fact;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(d) to decide whether general indefinite expressions do or do not apply to particular cases, unless such expressions refer to legal procedure, or unless their meaning is ascertained by law, in either of which cases it is the duty of the Judge to decide their meaning.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 280—Jury to Consider their Verdict.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) After the summing up, the jury shall consider their verdict, and for that purpose may retire.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Except with the leave of the Court, no person other than a juror shall speak to or hold any communication with any member of the jury while the jury are considering their verdict.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 281—Delivery of Verdict.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">When the jury have considered their verdict, the foreman shall inform the Judge what is their verdict, or that they are not unanimous.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 282—Procedure where Jury Differ.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) If the jury are not unanimous, the Judge may require them to retire for further consideration.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) After such period as the Judge considers reasonable, the jury may deliver their verdict, or state that they are not unanimous.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 283—Verdict on Each Charge.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the jury shall return a verdict on all the charges on which the accused is tried, and the Judge may ask them such questions as are necessary to ascertain what their verdict is.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Such questions and the answers to them shall be recorded.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 284—Amending a Verdict.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">When by accident or mistake a wrong verdict is delivered, the jury may, before or immediately after it is recorded, amend the verdict, and it shall stand as ultimately amended.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 285—Action on Verdict.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) When the jury are unanimous in their opinion, the Judge shall give judgment in accordance with that opinion.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) If the accused is found not guilty, the Judge shall record a judgment of acquittal.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) If the accused person is found guilty, the Judge shall pass sentence on him according to law.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) If the jury are not unanimous in their opinion, the Judge shall, after the lapse of such time as he thinks reasonable, discharge the jury.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Provided that a verdict of a majority of not less than five to two shall, in request of an offence which is not punishable by death, be held, taken to be, and received by the Court as the verdict of the whole jury.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 286—Retrial of Accused after Discharge of Jury.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Whenever the jury is discharged, the accused person shall be detained in custody or released on bail, as the case may be, and shall be tried by another jury.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">In Cases Tried with Assessors.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 287—Delivery of Opinion by Assessors.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) When, in a case tried with assessors, the case on both sides is closed, the Judge may sum up the evidence for the prosecution and the defence, and shall then require each of the assessors to state his opinion orally, and shall record their opinions.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The Judge shall then give judgment, and in so doing shall not be bound to conform with the opinion of the assessors, but he shall record his judgment in writing and in every case the judgment shall contain the point or points for determination, the decision thereon and the reasons for the decision, and shall be dated and signed by the Judge at the time of pronouncing it.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) If the accused is convicted, the Judge shall pass sentence on him according to law.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Passing Sentence</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 288—Calling on the Accused.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">If the jury find the accused guilty or if the Judge sitting with assessors convicts the accused, or if the accused pleads guilty, it shall be the duty of the Registrar or other officer of the Court to ask him whether he has anything to say why sentence should not be passed upon him according to law, but the omission so to ask him shall have no effect on the validity of the proceedings.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 289—Motion in Arrest of Judgment.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) The accused may, at any time before sentence, whether on his plea of guilty or otherwise, move in arrest of judgment on the ground that the indictment does not, after any amendment which the Court has made and had power to make, state any offence which the Court has power to try.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The Court may, in its discretion, either hear and determine the matter during the same sitting, or adjourn the hearing thereof to a future time to be fixed for that purpose.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) If the Court decides in favour of the accused he shall be discharged from that indictment, but such discharge shall not operate as a bar to any subsequent proceedings against him on the same facts.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 290—Sentence.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">If no motion in arrest of judgment&nbsp; is made, or if the Court decides against the accused upon such motion, the Court may sentence the accused at any time during the session.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 291—Power to Reserve Decision on Question Raised at Trial.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The Court before which any person is tried for an offence may reserve the giving of its final decision on questions raised at the trial, and its decision whenever given shall be considered as given at the time of trial.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 292—Objections Cured by Verdict.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">No judgment shall be stayed or reversed on the ground of any objection, which if stated after the indictment was read over to the accused, or during the progress of the trial, might have been amended by the Court, nor because of any error committed in the summoning or swearing the jury or any of them; nor because any person who has served upon the jury was not qualified to sit as a juror, nor because of any objection which might have been stated as a ground of challenge of any of the jurors, nor for any informality in swearing the witnesses or any of them.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 293—Evidence for Arriving at a Proper Sentence.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The Court may before passing sentence, receive such evidence as it thinks fit, in order to inform itself as to the sentence proper to be passed.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">PART VI—PUNISHMENTS</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Different Kinds of Punishment</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 294—Different Kinds of Punishment.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The following punishments may be inflicted for offences:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Death;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (4) Fine</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Imprisonment;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) Payment of compensation;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) Detention;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (6) Liability to police supervision.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 295—Death Sentence not to be Pronounced on Juvenile.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) [Repealed by Juvenile Justice Act, 2003 (Act 653), s.61(a)]</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 296—General Rules for Punishment.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Where a crime is declared by any enactment to be a first degree felony and the punishment for the crime is not specified, a person convicted thereof shall be liable to imprisonment for life or any lesser term.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Where a crime, not being a crime mentioned in sub-section (5), is declared by any enactment to be a second degree felony and the punishment for the crime is not specified, a person convicted thereof shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) Where a crime is declared by any enactment to be a felony without specifying whether it is a first or second degree felony and the punishment for the crime is not specified it shall be deemed to be a second degree felony.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) Where a crime, not being a crime mentioned in sub-section (5), is declared by any enactment to be a misdemeanour and the punishment for the crime is not specified, a person convicted thereof shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5) A person convicted of a crime under any of the following sections of the Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29) that is to say, sections 124, 128, 131, 138, 140, 145, 152, 154, 158, 160, 165, 239, 252, 253 and 260 shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twenty-five years.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(6) A term of imprisonment shall be with hard labour unless, in the case of a sentence of less than three years, the Court otherwise directs.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 297—Rules Relating to Fines.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Where a person is convicted of any felony or misdemeanour or any offence punishable by imprisonment (other than an offence for which the sentence is fixed by law) the Court may, in its discretion, sentence him to a fine in addition to or in lieu of any other punishment to which he is liable.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Where the amount of the fine which a person may be sentenced to pay upon conviction is not expressly limited, the amount of fine shall, subject to any limitations on the powers of the Court, be in the discretion of the Court, but shall not be excessive.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) Where a person convicted of any offence is sentenced to pay a fine the Court may direct that if he fails to pay it within the time appointed for payment (which may be either forthwith or within a specified time, as the Court thinks fit) he shall suffer imprisonment until it is paid. Such imprisonment shall be in addition to any imprisonment to which is sentenced for his offence; and, in the case of a felony or misdemeanour, shall not exceed. [As amended by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s. (23)]&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) In any case where a fine has been imposed, either by a Court exercising summary jurisdiction or at a trial on indictment, if, before the expiration of the term of imprisonment fixed in default of payment, such a proportion of the fine be paid or levied that the term of imprisonment suffered in default of payment is not less than proportional to the part of the fine still unpaid, the imprisonment shall terminate.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 298—Consequences of Imprisonment for Three Years or More.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) If a person convicted of an offence, and is sentenced to imprisonment for three years or more, the following consequences shall ensue, unless the Court otherwise orders—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a) any public office held by him within the jurisdiction of the Court shall forthwith become vacant; and</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b) any pension, superannuation allowance, or emolument payable to him out of the public revenues or out of any public fund, or chargeable on any rate or tax, and any accruing right to any such pension, allowance, or emolument, shall determine and be forfeited from the date of the conviction.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) None of the consequences mentioned in this section shall ensue in the case of a person who, at the time of committing the crime of which he is convicted, was a juvenile. [As amended by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s. (1)]</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) In case the person receives a pardon, he shall thereby, unless the pardon otherwise directs, be relieved from all the consequences mentioned in this section, except as to any office of employment which, having been vacated under the provisions of this section, has been filled up before he receives the pardon.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 299—Recognizance for Keeping the Peace.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The Court before which a person is convicted of any offence (other than an offence for which the sentence is fixed by law) may, if it thinks just, according to the circumstances of the case, order that, in lieu of or in addition to any other punishment, he enter into his own recognizance, with or without sureties, for keeping the peace and being of good behaviour; and that, in default of such recognizance or sureties, he be imprisoned, in addition to the term, if any, of imprisonment to which he is sentenced, for any term not exceeding six months nor exceeding the term for which he is liable to be imprisoned for the offence of which he is convicted or, if no term of imprisonment is specified for the offence which he is convicted, for a term not exceeding two months.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 300—Previous Convictions.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Where a person, having been convicted of a crime, is again convicted of a crime he shall be liable to increased punishment in the cases and manner provided in the Table annexed to this section and the notes thereto or to a period of detention in this Act called "preventive custody", under Part XIII of this Code.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Nothing in this section, or in the said Table, shall exempt a person from any liability to which he may be subject under any enactment, to death or to any greater or other punishment than the punishment mentioned in the said Table, and any different punishment to which he is liable may be inflicted in addition to the punishments mentioned in the said Table.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) Nothing in this section, or in the said Table, shall apply to libel, or to any act which is a crime on the ground of negligence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) [Repealed by Juvenile Justice Act, 2003 (Act 653), s.61(a)].</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">TABLE</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Scale of Increased Punishments for Repetition of Crime</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <table prevstyle="margin-left: 0.2in; border-collapse: collapse;" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border: 1px dashed #AAAAAA; margin-left: 0.2in; border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr style=""> <td prevstyle="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.85in;" style="border: 1px dashed #AAAAAA; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.85in;" valign="top" width="178"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Nature of Conviction</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td prevstyle="border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.05in;" style="border: 1px dashed #AAAAAA; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.05in;" valign="top" width="197"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Nature of previous convictions</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td prevstyle="border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.85in;" style="border: 1px dashed #AAAAAA; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.85in;" valign="top" width="178"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Punishment to be substituted for the punishment prescribed</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td prevstyle="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.85in;" style="border: 1px dashed #AAAAAA; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.85in;" valign="top" width="178"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Summary conviction for crime</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Conviction for misdemeanour</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Conviction for second degree felony</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td prevstyle="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.05in;" style="border: 1px dashed #AAAAAA; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.05in;" valign="top" width="197"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Any conviction for a similar crime</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">A conviction for a similar misdemeanour; or for a similar felony; or two summary convictions for similar crimes</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">A conviction for any felony; or a conviction for a similar misdemeanour for which a sentence of more than six months' imprisonment was passed</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td prevstyle="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.85in;" style="border: 1px dashed #AAAAAA; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.85in;" valign="top" width="178"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Twice the maximum imprisonment and twice the maximum fine which might otherwise be inflicted</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Imprisonment for five years in the discretion of the Court</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Imprisonment for fourteen years; and, if the Court so directs, police supervision for not more than five years</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Notes to the above Table</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) In this Table, and in the notes thereto, expressions referring to any crime include attempts to commit and abetments of such crime.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Where a person has, in any part of the Commonwealth beyond the jurisdiction of the Courts, been convicted of felony, or has, within the jurisdiction of the Courts, been convicted of felony committed or commenced before the commencement of this Code, such conviction shall have the same effect as if it had taken place under this Code.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) Any crime which is punishable under a Chapter of the Criminal Code is similar to every other crime punishable under the same Chapter.&nbsp; A crime punishable under Chapters 2, 3 and 4 of Part II of the Criminal Code is similar to every other crime punishable under the same Chapters. A crime punishable under Chapters 1 and 2 of part III of the Criminal Code is similar to every other crime punishable under either of those Chapters. In any other case the question whether one crime is similar to another is a question of law to be decided by the Court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 301—Sentences to be Consecutive unless the Court Otherwise Directs.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Where a person after conviction for a crime is convicted of a different crime, either before sentence is passed upon him under the first conviction or before the expiration of that sentence, any sentence which is passed upon him under the subsequent conviction, shall be executed after the expiration of the former sentence, unless the Court directs that it shall be executed concurrently with the former sentence or any part thereof.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 302—When an Act Constitutes Several Crimes, or when Several Acts are done in Execution of One Criminal Purpose.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">With respect to cases where one act constitutes several crimes or where several acts are done in execution of one criminal purpose, the following provisions shall have effect—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a) Where a person does several acts against or in respect of one person or thing, each of which acts is a crime, but the whole of which acts are done in execution of the same design, and, in the opinion of the Court before which the person is tried, form one continuous transaction, the person may be punished for the whole of such acts as one crime, or for any one or several of such acts as one crime, and all the acts may be taken into consideration in awarding punishment, but he shall not be liable to separate punishments as for several crimes; and</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Where one act constitutes several crimes.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b) If a person by one act assaults, harms, or kills several persons, or in any manner causes injury to several persons or things, he shall be punishable only in respect of one of the persons so assaulted, harmed, or killed, or of the persons or things to which injury is so caused, but in awarding punishment the Court may take into consideration all the intended or probable consequences of the crime.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Illustrations</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Subsection (1) (a) A. steals his master's money, and, in order to escape detection, falsifies the accounts kept by him for his master. Here A. ought not to be punished both under section 124 and also under section 140 of the Criminal Code; but the Court may, in awarding punishment for the stealing, take into consideration the falsification, or vice versa.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b) A. assaults B. and strikes him ten blows in immediate succession.&nbsp; Here A. is not liable to be convicted of ten assaults, and sentenced to ten terms of imprisonment.&nbsp; But the Court may properly pass a more severe sentence than it would have passed for a single blow.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Subsection (2) (a) A signalman on a railway, by one act of negligence, causes the death of or injuries to several persons. He cannot be sentenced to several punishments in respect of the deaths of or injuries to each or several of such persons.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b) A person by one act wilfully poisons several cattle.&nbsp; He cannot be separately punished for each, but the Court, in considering the amount of the punishment to be awarded, may take into consideration the number of the cattle wilfully injured or destroyed.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 303—Saving in Respect of Concurrent Sentences.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Notwithstanding anything in section 302 to the contrary it shall be and shall be deemed always to have been lawful for the court to pass on any person convicted (at one or more trials of any two or more offences a separate sentence in respect of any or every such offence so that, however, in those cases in respect of which the said section 302 imposes certain restrictions in regard to punishment, such separate sentences, if sentences, of imprisonment, shall run concurrently and not consecutively, and, if sentences of fines, shall not so operate as to impose the fines cumulatively.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">PART VII—PROCEEDINGS AFTER TRIAL</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Capital Sentences</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 304—Form of Sentence of Death.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Every sentence of death shall direct that the person condemned shall suffer death in accordance with the provisions of this section, but need not state the place of execution.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) A certificate under the hand of the Registrar that such sentence has been passed and naming the person sentenced, shall be sufficient authority for the detention of such person.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) The execution may be by</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a) hanging;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b) lethal injection;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(c) electrocution;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(d) gas chamber; or</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(e) any other method determined by the court. [As substituted by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s. (24)]</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 305—Accused to be Informed of Right to Appeal.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">When an accused person is sentenced to death the Court shall inform him of the period within which, if he wishes to appeal his appeal should be preferred.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 306—Where Body of Person Executed to be Buried.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The body of every person executed shall be buried in such place as the Minister shall order and the sentence of the Court shall so direct.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 307—Judge to Report to Minister.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">As soon as conveniently may be after the sentence of death has been pronounced, if no appeal from the sentence is preferred, or, if an appeal is preferred and the sentence is confirmed, then as soon as conveniently may be after confirmation, the presiding Judge shall forward to the Minister a copy of the minutes, his notes of evidence taken and the full record of the trial, with a report in writing signed by him, containing any recommendation or observations on the case which he thinks fit to make.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 308—Communication of the Order of the Minster to and Recording of by Judge.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The Minister shall communicate to the Court a copy of any order the President or the Minister may make, which order, if the sentence is to be carried out, shall state the place and time where the execution is to be had, and, if the sentence is commuted into any other punishment, shall state what punishment, or, if the person sentenced is pardoned, shall state the fact.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 309—Form of Order.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) The Minister shall issue a death warrant, or an order for the sentence of death to be commuted, or a pardon, under the hand of the Minister and the presidential seal to give effect to the said decision. If the sentence of death is to be carried out the warrant shall state the place where and time when execution is to be had, and shall give directions as to the place of burial of the body of the person executed. If the sentence is commuted for any other punishment the order shall specify that punishment. If the person sentenced is pardoned the pardon shall state whether it is free, or to what conditions (if any) it is subject.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The warrant may direct that the execution shall take place at such time and at such place and that the body of the person executed shall be buried at such place as shall be appointed by some officer specified in the order.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) The specified officer shall endorse on such warrant over his signature the place and time of execution and place of burial or some one or more of them according to the terms of the warrant.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 310—Warrant to be Executed by Director of Prisons or Other Officer.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Where the sentences is to be carried out at Accra, the warrant shall be directed to the Director of Prisons; and where it is to be carried out elsewhere the warrant shall be directed to such officer as the Minister may prescribe. The Director of Prisons or officer shall thereupon proceed to act in accordance with the said warrant.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 311—Order to be Sufficient Authority.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The warrant or order or pardon of the President under the hand of the Minister and the presidential seal shall be sufficient authority in law to all persons to whom it is directed to execute the sentence of death or the punishment awarded and to carry out the direction therein given in accordance with the terms thereof.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 312—Pregnant Woman Convicted of Offence Punishable with Death.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Where a woman is convicted of an offence punishable by death, the court shall order that the woman be tested for pregnancy unless that court has reasonable grounds to believe that the woman is post-menopausal.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) If the woman tests positive for pregnancy the court shall pass on her a sentence of imprisonment for life.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) A pregnant woman sentenced to imprisonment for life shall be detained in place where her health needs can be met and arrangements shall be made by the prisons service in consultation with the Social Welfare Department of a District Assembly to ensure that after delivery her juvenile does not remain in prison.[As substituted by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s. (25), and further amended by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s.(1)]</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Sentences Other than Capital</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 313—Application.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The following provisions respecting sentences and their execution apply in the case of convictions and orders upon summary trial, as well as in the case of sentences upon trial on indictment.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 313A—Pregnant Woman Convicted of a Non-capital Offence.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1)&nbsp; Where a woman is convicted of a non-capital offence, the court shall order that the woman be tested for pregnancy unless the court has reasonable grounds to believe that the woman is post-menopausal.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2)&nbsp; If the woman tests positive for pregnancy, the court shall pass on her a non-custodial sentence or may suspend the sentence for such period as it may determine.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3)&nbsp; If the sentence is suspended, the court shall explain to the offender in ordinary language that if another offence is committed during the period of the suspension she will be liable to serve the sentence for the original offence in addition to the sentence for the new offence.&nbsp;<i>[As inserted by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s. (26)]</i></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 314—Persons under 15 not to be Sentenced to Imprisonment.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">[Repealed by Juvenile Justice Act, 2003 (Act 653), s. 61(a)].</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 315—Warrants to be Issued in Respect of Sentence of Imprisonment.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Where a person is sentenced to a term of imprisonment, the Court which sentenced him shall issue a warrant of commitment ordering that the sentence shall be carried out in any prison in Ghana, and the warrant shall be full authority to the police and prison officers to take, convey, and keep that person and to all other persons for carrying into effect the sentence described in the warrant.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) A sentence of imprisonment shall commence on and include the whole of the day on which it is pronounced.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) When the accused person is confined in a prison in pursuance of the warrant, the superintendent in charge of the prison shall have the custody of the warrant, and upon the release of the prisoner and shall return the warrant to the Court which issued it.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 316—Persons sentenced to Fine may be Search for Money to Pay Fine.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Where a Court adjudges money to be paid by an accused person, for fine, penalty, compensation, costs, or otherwise, and the person is then and there before the Court, the Court may order him to be searched and any money found on him on apprehension or when so searched or which may be found on him when taken to prison in default of payment of payment of the sum so adjudged to be paid, may unless the Court otherwise directs, be applied towards the payment of the sum so adjudged to be paid, and the surplus, if any, shall be returned to him.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The money shall not be so applied if the Court is satisfied that the money does not belong to the person on whom it was found, or that the loss of the money will be more injurious to his family than his imprisonment.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 317—Levy of Fine etc. by Distress.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1)&nbsp; Whenever a person has been ordered to pay any sum by way of fine, costs, compensation, or otherwise, the Court making the order may, subject to section 320 and in addition to any other powers conferred by section 318 or otherwise, take action to recover such sum by levying the same on the movable and immovable property of the person ordered to pay the same by distress and sale under a distress warrant.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The wearing apparel and bedding of a person and his family, and, to the value of ¢1 million, the tools and implements of his trade, shall not be taken under a distress issued under this section. If there is sufficient movable property available to satisfy the warrant, no immovable property shall be sold. [As amended by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s. (27)]</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) Where a person pays or tenders to the person charged with the execution of a warrant of distress the sum mentioned in such warrant, or produces the receipt for the same of the Court issuing the warrant, and also pays the amount of the costs and charges of such distress up to the time of such payment or tender, the warrant shall not be executed.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) No warrant shall be issued or executed if the person ordered to pay the fine, costs, compensation, or other penalty, shall have undergone the whole of the imprisonment ordered to be suffered in default of payment.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5)&nbsp; A warrant under this section may be executed within the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Court issuing the same, and it shall authorise the distress and sale of any property belonging to such person within such limits when endorsed by a Magistrate holding a Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction such property was found.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 318—Suspension of Execution of Sentence of Imprisonment in Default of fine, etc.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1)&nbsp; When an offender has been sentenced to a fine only and to imprisonment in default of payment of the fine, and the Court issues a warrant under section 317, it may suspend the execution of the sentence of imprisonment and may release the offender on his executing a bond, with or without sureties, as the Court thinks fit, conditioned for his appearance before such Court on a date not being more than fifteen days from the time of executing the bond; and in the event of the fine not having been paid the Court may direct the sentence of imprisonment to be carried into execution at once, or may from time to time extend the operation of the bond for a further period of not more than fifteen days.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp; In any case in which an order for the payment of money has been made, on non-recovery of which imprisonment may be awarded, and the money is not paid forthwith, the Court may require the person ordered to make such payment to enter into a bond as prescribed in subsection (1) and in default of his so doing may at once pass sentence of imprisonment as if the money has not been recovered.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3)&nbsp; The Court may in its discretion direct that any money to which this section applies may be paid by instalments at such times and in such amounts as the Court may deem fit; but so nevertheless that in default of payment of any such instalments as aforesaid the whole of the amount outstanding shall become and be immediately due and payable, and all the provisions of this Code and or the Criminal Code applicable to a sentence or fine and to imprisonment in default of payment thereof shall apply accordingly.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 319—Commitment for want of Distress.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">If the officer having the execution of a warrant of distress reports that he could find no property, or not sufficient property whereon to levy the money mentioned in the warrant with expenses, the Court may by the same or a subsequent warrant commit the person ordered to pay to prison, with or without hard labour, for a time specified in the warrant, unless the money and all expenses of the distress, commitment, and conveyance to prison, to be specified in the warrant, are sooner paid.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 320—Commitment in lieu of Distress.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">When it appears to the Court that distress and sale of property would be ruinous to the person ordered to pay the money, and his family, or (by his confession or otherwise) that he has no property whereon the distress may be levied, or other sufficient reason (recorded in the minutes) appears to the Court, the Court may, if it thinks fit, instead of or after issuing a warrant of distress commit him to prison, for a time specified in the warrant, unless the money and all expenses of the commitment and conveyance to prison, to be specified in the warrant, are sooner paid.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 321—Payment in full after Commitment.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Any person committed for non-payment may pay the sum mentioned in the warrant, with the amount of expenses therein authorised (if any), to the person in whose custody he is, and that person shall thereupon discharge him if he is in custody for no other matter.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 322—Part Payment After Commitment.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) If any person committed to prison for non-payment shall pay any sum in part satisfaction of the sum adjudged to&nbsp; be paid, the term of his imprisonment shall be reduced by a number of days bearing as nearly as possible the same proportion to the total number of days for which such person is committed as the sum so paid bears to the sum of which he is liable.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The officer in charge of a prison in which a person is confined who is desirous of taking advantage of the provisions of subsection (1) shall, on application being made to him by such prisoner, at once take him before a Court, and such Court shall certify the amount by which the term of imprisonment originally awarded is reduced by such payment in part satisfaction, and shall make such order as is required in the circumstances.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 323—Who May Issue Warrant.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Every warrant for the execution of any sentence may be issued either by the Judge or Magistrate who passed the sentence or by his successor in office.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">PART VIII—APPEALS</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Appeals from District Courts</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 324</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">—<i>Repealed by Act 372, 3rd schedule</i>.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 325—Limitation</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1)&nbsp; Every appeal shall be entered within one month of the date of the order or sentence appealed against.&nbsp;<i>[As amended by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s. (28)]</i></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) The High Court may for good cause admit an appeal though the period of limitation prescribed by this section has elapsed.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 326—Petition of Appeal.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Every appeal shall be made in the form of a petition in writing presented by the appellant or his counsel, and every such petition shall (unless the High Court otherwise directs) be accompanied by a copy of the judgment or order appealed against.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Where the appellant is represented by counsel the petition shall contain particulars of any alleged error of law or of fact on which the appellant relies.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 327—Appellant in Prison.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">If the appellant is in prison, he may present his petition of appeal and the copies accompanying the same to the officer in charge of the prison, who shall thereupon forward such petition and copies to the Registrar of the High Court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 328—Summary Dismissal of Appeal.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) On receiving the petition and copy under section 326 or 327 the High Court shall peruse it and if it considers that there is no sufficient ground for interfering, it may dismiss the appeal summarily.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2)&nbsp; Where the appellant is not in custody no appeal shall be dismissed unless the appellant or his counsel has had a reasonable opportunity of being heard in support of the appeal.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) No appeal, where the appellant is in custody, shall be dismissed unless the appellant's counsel (if the Court has been notified that he has counsel) has had the opportunity of being heard.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) Before dismissing an appeal under this section, the Court may call for the record of the case, but shall not be bound to do so.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 329—Notice of Time, Place and Hearing.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">If the High Court does not dismiss the appeal summarily, it shall cause notice to be given to the parties or their advocates, of the time and place at which the appeal will be heard, and shall furnish the respondent with a copy of the proceedings and of the grounds of appeal.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 330—Power of Court.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) The High Court shall then send for the record of the case, if the record is not already in Court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) After perusing the record and hearing the appellant or his counsel, if he appears, and the respondent or his counsel, if he appears, the Court may determine the appeal in accordance with law.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 331—Order of High Court to be Certified to District Court.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1)&nbsp; Where a case is decided on appeal by the High Court, it shall certify its judgment or order to the Court by which the conviction, sentence, or order appealed against was recorded or passed.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2)&nbsp; Every such judgment shall be recorded in writing and shall contain the point or points for determination, the decision thereon and the reason for the decision, and shall be dated and signed by the Judge at the time of pronouncing it.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3)&nbsp; The Court which the High Court certifies its judgment or order shall thereupon make such orders as are conformable to the judgment or order of the High Court, and if necessary, the records shall be amended in accordance therewith.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 332</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">—<i>Repealed by Act 372, 3rd schedule</i>.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 333—Further Evidence.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1)&nbsp; In dealing with an appeal from a Circuit Court or a District Court the High Court, if it thinks additional evidence is necessary, shall record its reasons, and may either take such evidence itself or direct it to be taken by a Circuit Court or a District Court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) When the additional evidence is taken by a Circuit Court or a District Court that Court shall certify such evidence to the High Court, which shall thereupon proceed to dispose of the appeal.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) Unless the High Court otherwise directs, the accused or his counsel shall be present when the additional evidence is taken.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) Evidence taken in pursuance of this section shall be taken as if it were evidence taken at a trial before a Circuit Court or a District Court (as the case may require).</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 334</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">—<i>Repealed by Act 372 3rd schedule.</i></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 335</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">—<i>Repealed by Act 372 3rd schedule</i>.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 336</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">—<i>Repealed by Act 372 3rd schedule</i>.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 337</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">—<i>Repealed by Act 372 3rd schedule.</i></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 338</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">—<i>Repealed by Act 372 3rd schedule.</i></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 339</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">—<i>Repealed by Act 372 3rd schedule.</i></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">PART IX—PROCEDURE IN JUVENILE COURTS</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 340—Juvenile Courts.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">[Repealed by Juvenile Justice Act, 2003 (Act 653), s. 61(b)]</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 341—Exclusive Jurisdiction and Transfer.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">[Repealed by Juvenile Justice Act, 2003 (Act 653), s.61(b)].</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 342—Remission of Juvenile to Juvenile Court for Sentence.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">[Repealed by Juvenile Justice Act, 2003 (Act 653), s.61(b)].</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 343—Presumption and Determination of age.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">[Repealed Juvenile Justice Act, 2003 (Act 653), s.61(b)].</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 344—Remand of Juveniles.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">[Repealed by Juvenile Justice Act, 2003 (Act 653), s.61(b)].</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 345—Power to Order Parent to pay fine etc. Instead of Juvenile.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">[Repealed by Juvenile Justice Act, 2003 (Act 653), s.61(b)].</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 346—Methods of Dealing with Offenders.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">[Repealed by Juvenile Justice Act, 2003 (Act 653), s.61(b)].</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 347—Committal to fit Persons.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">[Repealed by Juvenile Justice Act, 2003 (Act 653), s.61(b)].</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 348—Duration of Probation and Supervision Orders over Juveniles Committed to Care of fit Persons.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">[Repealed by Juvenile Justice Act, 2003 (Act 653), s.61(b)].</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 349—Power to Bring Before Court in Certain Cases.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">[Repealed by Juvenile Justice Act, 2003 (Act 653), s.61(b)].</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 350—Approval of Children's Homes.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 351—General Provisions as to Court orders Relating to Juveniles.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">[Repealed by Juvenile Justice Act, 2003 (Act 653), s.61(b)].</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 352—Interpretation</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">In this Part—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">"The Minister" means the Minister responsible for Social Welfare;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">"institution" means an institution established under section 365.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 353—Absolute and Conditional Discharge.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Where a Court by or before which a person is convicted of an offence (not being an offence the sentence for which is fixed by law) is of opinion, having regard to the circumstances including the nature of the offence and the character of the offender, that it is inexpedient to inflict punishment and that a probation order is not appropriate, the Court may make an order discharging him absolutely, or, if the Court thinks fit, discharging him subject to the conditions that he commits no offence during such period, not exceeding twelve months from the date of the order, as may be specified therein.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) An order discharging a person subject to such a condition as aforesaid is in this Part referred to as "an order for conditional discharge" and the period specified in any such order as "the period of conditional discharge".</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3)&nbsp; Before making an order for conditional discharge the court shall explain to the offender in ordinary language that if he commits another offence during the period of conditional discharge he will be liable to be sentenced for the original offence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) Where, under the following provisions of this Part, a person conditionally discharged under this section is sentenced for the offence in respect of which the order for conditional discharge was made, that order shall cease to have effect.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 354—Power of Courts to make Probation Orders.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1)&nbsp; Where any person is charged with an offence before a Court of summary jurisdiction or on indictment and the court thinks that the charge is proved but is of opinion that, having regard to the youth, character, antecedents, home surroundings, health or mental conditions of the offender, or to the nature of the offence or to any extenuating circumstances in which the offence was committed, it is expedient to release the offender on probation, the court may make a probation order.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2)&nbsp; Before making a probation order, the court shall explain to the offender in ordinary language the effect of the order and that, if he fails in any way to comply therewith or commits another offence, he will be liable to be sentenced for the original offence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3)&nbsp; The Court shall not make a probation order where the offender is above the age of seventeen years unless the offender expresses his willingness to comply with the provisions of the order.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 355—Probation Order.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) A probation order shall have effect for such period of not less than six months and not more than three years from the date of the order, as may be specified therein, and shall require the probationer to submit during that period to the supervision of a probation officer appointed for or assigned to the district or area in which the probationer will reside after the making of the order, and shall contain such provisions as the court considers necessary for securing the supervision of the offender, and such additional conditions as to residence and other matters as the court, having regard to the circumstances of the case, considers necessary for securing the good conduct of the offender or for preventing a repetition of the same offence or the commission of other offences.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Where a probation order contains a provision as to residence, the place at which and the period for which the probationer is to reside shall be specified in the order, and where any such provision requires the probationer to reside in an institution, the period for which the probationer is required so to reside shall not extend beyond twelve months from the date of the order, and the court shall forthwith give notice of the terms of the order to the Minister.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) The court by which a probation order is made shall furnish two copies of the order, one copy to be given to the probationer and the other to the probation officer under whose supervision he is placed.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 356—Costs, Damages and Compensation.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Where a person is absolutely or conditionally discharged or is placed by a probation order under the supervision of a probation officer, the order shall be without prejudice to the powers of the court, under any law for the time being in force, to order the offender to pay costs and such damages for injury or compensation for loss as the court may think reasonable.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 357—Commission of Further Offences by Probationers, etc.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1)&nbsp; If it appears to a Judge or District Magistrate that a person in whose case a probation order or an order for conditional discharge has been made has been convicted of an offence committed during the probation period or the period of conditional discharge he may issue a summons requiring&nbsp; that person to appear at the place and time specified therein or may issue a warrant for his arrest.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2)&nbsp; A Magistrate shall not issue the summons except on information, and shall not issue the warrant except on information on oath.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp; A summons or warrant issued under this section shall direct the person so convicted to appear or to be brought before the court by which the probation order or the order for conditional discharge was made.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4)&nbsp;&nbsp; Where a person is convicted by a District or Juvenile Court of an offence committed during a probation period or a period of conditional discharge the Court may commit him to custody or release him on bail, with or without sureties, until he can be brought or appear before the court by which the probation order or the order for conditional discharge was made.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5)&nbsp; Where it is proved to the satisfaction of the court by which the probation order or the order for conditional discharge was made that the person in respect of whom the order was made has been convicted of an offence while the order was in force, the court may pass any sentence which it could pass if the offender had just been convicted before that court of the offence in respect of which the probation order or the order for conditional discharge was made.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(6)&nbsp; Where a person in respect of whom a probation order or an order for conditional discharge has been made by a District or Juvenile Court is convicted before a Circuit Court or the High Court of an offence committed while the order was in force, the Circuit Court or High Court may pass any sentence which the court which made the probation order or the order for conditional discharge could&nbsp; pass if the offender had just been convicted before that court of the offence in respect of which the probation order or the order for conditional discharge was made.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 358—Failure by Probationer to Comply with Probation Order.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1)&nbsp; If it appears to a Judge or District Magistrate that a probationer has failed to comply with any of the provisions of the probation order, he may issue a summons to the probationer requiring him to appear at the place and time specified therein or may issue a warrant for his arrest.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2)&nbsp; A Magistrate shall not issue such a summons except on information, and shall not issue such a warrant except on information on oath.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) A summons or warrant under this section shall direct the probationer to appear or to be brought before the court by which the probation order was made.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4)&nbsp; If it is proved to the satisfaction of the court by which the probation order was made that the probationer has failed to comply with any of the provisions of the probation order, then—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(a)&nbsp; without prejudice to the continuance in force of the probation order the court may impose on the probationer a fine not exceeding ten pounds; or</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(b)&nbsp; the court may pass any sentence which it could pass if the probationer had just been convicted before that court of the offence in respect of which the probation order was made.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5) Where a court has, under the provisions of sub-paragraph (a), imposed a fine on the probationer, then, on any subsequent sentence being passed over the probationer under section 357 or this section, the imposition of the said fine shall be taken into account in fixing the amount of the said sentence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 359—Probation Order, etc., Disqualification or Disability.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Where a person is convicted of an offence and is absolutely or conditionally discharged or is released under a probation order, his conviction for that offence shall be regarded for the purposes of any enactment by or under which any disqualification or disability is imposed upon convicted persons or by or under which provision is made for a different penalty in respect of a second or subsequent offence or in respect of an offence committed after previous conviction.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2)&nbsp; If the person in respect of whom such an order has been made is subsequently sentenced for the original offence, this section shall cease to apply in respect of that offence, and he shall be deemed, for the purposes of any such enactment imposing a disqualification or disability, to have been convicted on the date of sentence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 360—Transmission of Documents when case is Remitted to Another Court.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Where an offender is committed, to custody or released on bail by a District or Juvenile Court until he can be brought or appear before the court which made the probation order or order for conditional discharge, the District or Juvenile Court shall transmit to the other court such particulars of the case as it thinks desirable, and where the offender has been convicted of a subsequent offence by a District or Juvenile Court, that court shall transmit to the other court a signed certificate to that effect, and for the purposes of proceedings in the court to which it is transmitted any such certificate, if purporting to be so signed, shall be admissible as evidence of the conviction.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 361—Amendment of Probation Orders.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, where on the application of a probationer or of the principal or other probation officer responsible for his supervision, the court which made the probation order is satisfied that the provisions of the probation order should be varied, or that any provisions should be inserted or cancelled, the court may be order amend the probation order accordingly.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2)&nbsp; No order shall be made under this section reducing the period of duration of the probation order, or extending that period beyond a period of three years from the date of the probation order.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(3) An order under subsection (1) may require a probationer to reside in an institution for any period not exceeding twelve months from the date of that order, if the total period or the aggregate of the periods for which he is required to reside in any institution or institutions under the probation order does not exceed twelve months.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(4) The court, if it is satisfied on the application of the principal or other probation officer responsible for the supervision of the probationer, that the probationer has changed, or is about to change, his residence from the district or area named in the order to another district or area, shall by order vary the probation order by substituting for the reference to the district or area named therein a reference to the district or area where the probationer is residing or is about to reside, and shall transmit to the court for the new district or area all documents and information relating to the case, and thereupon the last mentioned court shall be deemed for all the purposes of this Part to be the court by which the probation order was made.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(5) An order under this section cancelling a provision of a probation order or substituting a new district or area for the district or area named therein may be made without summoning the probationer but no other order under this section shall be made except on the application or in the presence of the probationer.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(6) Where an order is made under this section for the variation, insertion, or cancellation of a provision requiring a probationer to reside in an institution, the court shall forthwith give notice&nbsp; of the terms of the order to the Minister.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 362—Discharge of Probation Orders.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) The court by which the probation order was made may, on the application of the probationer or of the principal or other probation officer, discharge the probation order, and, where the application is made by any such officer, the court may deal with it without summoning the probationer.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Where an offender in respect of whom a probation order has been made is subsequently sentenced for the offence in respect of which the probation order was made, the probation order shall cease to have effect unless the court otherwise orders.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 363—Transmission of Copies of Order for Amendment of Discharge of Probation Orders.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Where an order is made for the amendment or discharge of a probation order, the clerk of the court by which the order is made shall furnish two copies of the order to the probation officer responsible for the supervision of the probationer, or in the case of an order for the discharge of a probation order, to the probation officer who was so responsible before the making of the order, one copy to be given by him to the probationer.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 364—Selection of Probation Officers.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) The probation officer who is to be responsible for the supervision of any probationer shall be selected by the court which makes the probation order, and if the probation officer so selected dies or is unable for any reason to carry out his duties, or if the probation committee dealing with the case considers it desirable that another officer shall take his place, another probation officer shall be selected by the court.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Where a woman or girl is placed under the supervision of a probation officer, the probation officer shall be a woman.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Section 365—Institutions.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(1) The Minister may establish such institutions as he may deem necessary for the reception of persons placed under the supervision of probation officers.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">(2) Such contributions may be made towards the establishment or maintenance of institutions as the Minister may approve.</span><