Chapter VIII - RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN CERTAIN MATTERS AND PROCEDURE FOR ATTACHMENT AND FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY (From Section 111 to Section 124)
Framing of charge: procedure for transferring or framing and securing accused's plea in session trials Section 251 governs framing of charge: if the offence is not exclusively triable by the Court of Session, the Judge may frame a charge and transfer the case to a Chief Judicial Magistrate or first-class Judicial Magistrate to be tried as a warrant-case on police report; if the offence is exclusively triable by the Court of Session, the Judge must frame a written charge within the prescribed pre-trial period. When a written charge is framed under the exclusive-trial provision, the charge must be read and explained to the accused physically or via audio-video, and the accused must be asked whether he pleads guilty or claims to be tried.
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Framing of charge: procedure for transferring or framing and securing accused's plea in session trials
Section 251 governs framing of charge: if the offence is not exclusively triable by the Court of Session, the Judge may frame a charge and transfer the case to a Chief Judicial Magistrate or first-class Judicial Magistrate to be tried as a warrant-case on police report; if the offence is exclusively triable by the Court of Session, the Judge must frame a written charge within the prescribed pre-trial period. When a written charge is framed under the exclusive-trial provision, the charge must be read and explained to the accused physically or via audio-video, and the accused must be asked whether he pleads guilty or claims to be tried.
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