Section 231 - Supply of copies of statements and documents to accused in other cases triable by Court of Session

Supply of copies to accused: magistrate must provide statements, confessions and prosecution documents when trial belongs to a higher forum.

When a Magistrate issuing process under section 227 finds the offence triable exclusively by a higher trial forum in a case instituted otherwise than on a police report, the Magistrate must immediately provide the accused, free of cost, copies of statements recorded under sections 223 or 225, statements and confessions under sections 180 or 183, and prosecution documents produced before the Magistrate; voluminous documents may be made available for inspection instead, and electronic supply counts as furnishing.