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Section 301: Appearance by Public Prosecutors

(1) The Public Prosecutor or Assistant Public Prosecutor in charge of a case may appear and plead without any written authority before any Court...

Section 302: Permission to conduct prosecution

(1) Any Magistrate inquiring into or trying a case may permit the prosecution to be conducted by any person other than a police officer...

Section 303: Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended

Any person accused of an offence before a Criminal Court, or against whom proceedings are instituted under this Code, may of right be defended...

Section 304: Legal aid to accused at State expense in certain cases

(1) Where, in a trial before the Court of Session, the accused is not represented by a pleader, and where it appears to the...

Section 305: Procedure when corporation or registered society is an accused

(1) In this section, “corporation” means an incorporated company or other body corporate, and includes a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21...

Section 306: Tender of pardon to accomplice

(1) With a view to obtaining the evidence of any person supposed to have been directly or indirectly concerned in or privy to an...

Section 307: Power to direct tender of pardon

At any time after commitment of a case but before judgment is passed, the Court to which the commitment is made may, with a...

Section 308: Trial of person not complying with conditions of pardon

(1) Where, in regard to a person who has accepted a tender of pardon made under section 306 or section 307, the Public Prosecutor...

Section 309: Power to postpone or adjourn proceedings

(1) In every inquiry or trial the proceedings shall be continued from day-to-day until all the witnesses in attendance have been examined, unless the...

Section 310: Local inspection

(1) Any Judge or Magistrate may, at any stage of any inquiry, trial or other proceeding, after due notice to the parties, visit and...

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