Chapter XVII
OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS BEFORE MAGISTRATES
Transfer of case of Court of Session when offence is trial exclusively by it
205C. When in a case instituted on a police report or otherwise, the accused appears or is brought before the Magistrate and it appears to the Magistrate that the offence is triable exclusively by the Court of Session, he shall-
(a) send the case to the Court of Session;
(b) subject to the provisions of this Code relating to bail, remand the accused to custody during, and until the conclusion of, the trial;
(c) send to that Court the record of the case and the documents and articles, if any, which are to be produced in evidence;
(d) notify the Public Prosecutor of the transfer of the case to the Court of Session.
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