Clause 13
Amendment of section 51
of Subordinate Courts (Amendment) Bill
BillNot in forceProvision 13 of 17
Clause 13
Section 51 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Subject to subsection (2), a Magistrate’s Court exercising criminal jurisdiction shall have —
(a)
the jurisdiction and powers conferred on it by the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68) and any other written law; and
(b)
without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a), the power to order medical examination of a person who is an accused in any criminal proceedings where the physical or mental condition of the person is relevant to any matter in question in the proceedings.”.