The Code of Criminal Procedure

Person once convicted or acquitted not to be tried for same offence

Appearance by Public Prosecutors

Permission to conduct prosecution

Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended

Legal aid to accused at State expense in certain cases

Procedure when corporation or registered society is an accused

Tender of pardon to accomplice

Power to direct tender of pardon

Trial of person not complying with conditions of pardon

Power to postpone or adjourn proceedings

Local inspection

Power to summon material witness, or examine person present

Power of Magistrate to order person to give specimen signatures or handwriting

Expenses of complainants and witnesses

Power to examine the accused

Oral arguments and memorandum of arguments

Accused person to be competent witness

No influence to be used to induce disclosure

Provision for inquiries and trial being held in the absence of accused in certain cases

Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings

Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence

Compounding of offences

Withdrawal from prosecution

Procedure in cases which Magistrate cannot dispose of

Procedure when, after commencement of inquiry or trial, Magistrate finds case should be      committed

Trial of persons previously convicted of offences against coinage, stamp-law or property

Procedure when Magistrate cannot pass sentence sufficiently severe

Conviction or commitment on evidence partly recorded by one Magistrate and partly by another

Court to be open


GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO INQUIRIES AND TRIALS


If the accused, though not of unsound
mind, cannot be made to understand the proceedings, the Court may proceed with the inquiry or trial; and, in the
case of a Court other than a High Court, if such proceedings result in a conviction, the proceedings shall be
forwarded to the High Court with a report of the circumstances of the case, and the High Court shall pass thereon
such order as it thinks fit.


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# 318 Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings