Criminal Procedure Code 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 14 · Evidence and Witnesses
292. Procedure when accused does not understand proceedings
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If an accused, though not of unsound mind, cannot understand or be made to understand the proceedings, the court may proceed with the trial.
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;
For all courts other than the General Division of the High Court, if the trial results in a conviction, then the court must forward the proceedings to the General Division of the High Court with a report of the circumstances of the case and the General Division of the High Court must make such order or pass such sentence as it thinks fit.