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

Section 323 of Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - 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).