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Criminal Procedure Code 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · The Charge
128. Court may alter charge or frame new charge
Feedback & support(1)
A court may alter a charge or frame a new charge, whether in substitution for or in addition to the existing charge, at any time before judgment is given.
court
Defined · s 2
“court” means the Court of Appeal, the General Division of the High Court, a Family Court, a Youth Court, a District Court or a Magistrate’s Court (as the case may be) which exercises criminal jurisdiction;
(2)
A new or altered charge must be read and explained to the accused.