Criminal Procedure Code 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Prevention of Offences
49. Inquiry as to truth of information
Feedback & supportWhen an order under section 46 has been read or explained under section 47(1) to a person present in court or when a person appears or is brought before the court in compliance with a summons or in execution of a warrant under section 47, the court must then inquire into the truth of the information on which it has acted and will take further evidence as appears necessary.
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;
The inquiry must follow as closely as practicable the procedure prescribed in this Code for conducting trials, except that no charge need be framed.
For the purposes of this section, a person’s habitual offending may be proved by evidence of the person’s general reputation or in other ways.