Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973

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Sections	Particulars
Chapter XVI	Commencement Of Proceedings Before Magistrates
209	Commitment of case to Court of Session when offence is triable exclusively by it
Description	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) commit 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 commitment of the case to the Court of Session.