Resumption of trial: fitness to plead permits courts to resume proceedings once the accused is capable of defending.

When an accused previously found to be of unsound mind ceases to be so, the Magistrate or Court may resume the inquiry or trial and require the accused to be brought before it. If the accused was released on surety, the officer appointed to produce the accused may provide a certificate that the accused is capable of making his defence; that certificate is receivable in evidence to establish fitness to plead.

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