CrPC Section 337. Procedure Where lunatic prisoner is reported capable of making his defence

Category of Bare Act Name of the Act Year of Promulgation
Criminal Laws Code of Criminal Procedure 1973
Act Number Enactment Date Chapter Number
02 01-04-1974 25
Chapter Title Ministry Department
Provisions As To Accused Persons Of Unsound Mind Ministry of Home Affairs Department of Internal Security

If such person is detained under the provisions of subsection (2) of section 330, and in the case of a person detained in a jail, the Inspector-General of Prisons, or, in the case of a person detained in a lunatic asylum, the visitors of such asylum or any two of them shall certify, that, in his or their opinion, such person is capable of making his defence, he shall be taken before the Magistrate or court, as the case may be, at such time as the Magistrate or court appoints, and the Magistrate or court shall deal with such person under the provisions of section 332; and the certificate of such Inspector General or visitors as aforesaid shall be receivable as evidence.