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Section 318

Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings

Section

Section Number

318

Chapter

Act

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Year

Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings

Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings

Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings.

318. If the accused, though not of unsound mind, cannot be made to understand the proceedings, the Court may proceed with the inquiry or trial; and, in the case of a Court other than a High Court, if such proceedings result in a conviction, the proceedings shall be forwarded to the High Court with a report of the circumstances of the case, and the High Court shall pass thereon such order as it thinks fit.

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