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Section 244: Evidence for prosecution

(1) When, in any warrant-case instituted otherwise than on a police report, the accused appears or is brought before a Magistrate, the Magistrate shall...
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Section 245: When accused shall be discharged

(1) If, upon taking all the evidence referred to in section 244, the Magistrate considers, for reasons to be recorded, that no case against...
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Section 246: Procedure where accused is not discharged

(1) If, when such evidence has been taken, or at any previous stage of the case, the Magistrate is of opinion that there is...
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Section 247: Evidence for defence

The accused shall then be called upon to enter upon his defence and produce his evidence; and the provisions of section 243 shall apply...
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Section 248: Acquittal or conviction

(1) If, in any case under this Chapter in which a charge has been framed, the Magistrate finds the accused not guilty, he shall...
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Section 249: Absence of complainant

When the proceedings have been instituted upon complaint, and on any day fixed for the hearing of the case, the complainant is absent, and...
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Section 250: Compensation for accusation without reasonable cause

(1) If, in any case instituted upon complaint or upon information given to a police officer or to a Magistrate, one or more persons...
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Section 251: Substance of accusation to be stated

When in a summons-case the accused appears or is brought before the Magistrate, the particulars of the offence of which he is accused shall...
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Section 252: Conviction on plea of guilty

If the accused pleads guilty, the Magistrate shall record the plea as nearly as possible in the words used by the accused and may,...
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Section 253: Conviction on plea of guilty in absence of accused in petty cases

(1) Where a summons has been issued under section 206 and the accused desires to plead guilty to the charge without appearing before the...
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