# 323 Procedure when, after commencement of inquiry or trial, Magistrate finds case should be committed
If, in any inquiry into an offence or a trial before a Magistrate, it appears to him at any stage of the proceedings before signing the judgment that the case is one which ought to be tried by the Court of Session, he shall commit it to that Court under the provisions hereinbefore contained 1 [and thereupon the provisions of Chapter XVIII shall apply to the commitment so made].
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1. Ins. by Act 45 of 1978, s. 26 (w.e.f. 18-12-1978).
GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO INQUIRIES AND TRIALS
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Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence320
Compounding of offences321
Withdrawal from prosecution322
Procedure in cases which Magistrate cannot dispose of324
Trial of persons previously convicted of offences against coinage, stamp-law or property325
Procedure when Magistrate cannot pass sentence sufficiently severe326
Conviction or commitment on evidence partly recorded by one Magistrate and partly by another
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