# 337 Procedure where lunatic prisoner is reported capable of making his defence
If such person is detained under the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 330, and in the case of a person detained in a jail, the Inspector-General of Prisons, or, in the case of a person detained a lunatic asylum, the visitors of such asylum, or any two of them shall certify that, in his or their opinion, such person is capable of making his defence, he shall be taken before the Magistrate or Court, as the case may be, at such time as the Magistrate or Court appoints, and the Magistrate or Court shall deal with such person under the provisions of section 332; and the certificate of such Inspector-General or visitors as aforesaid shall be receivable as evidence.
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PROVISIONS AS TO ACCUSED PERSONS OF UNSOUND MIND
333
When accused appears to have been of sound mind334
Judgment of acquittal on ground of unsoundness of mind335
Person acquitted on such ground to be detained in safe custody336
Power of State Government to empower officer-in-charge to discharge338
Procedure where lunatic detained is declared fit to be released339
Delivery of lunatic to care of relative or friendLawyer's Registry
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