Criminal Procedure Code 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 13 · General Provisions Relating to Proceedings in Courts
250. Resumption of proceedings
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When any inquiry, trial or other proceeding —
proceeding
“proceeding” includes a criminal case disclosure conference and a case conference, held under Part 9 or 10, as the case may be;
is postponed under section 247(4) for the accused to be remanded for observation in a psychiatric institution; or
is stayed under section 248(2A),the court may at any time begin the inquiry, trial or other proceeding afresh, and require the accused to appear or be brought before the court.
If the court has ordered the release of the accused under section 249(2), the court may require the accused to appear or be brought before the court, and may again proceed under section 247.
court
“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;