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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 331

Resumption of Inquiry or Trial

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 331 is part of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Resumption of Inquiry or Trial. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) Whenever an inquiry or a trial is postponed under section 328 or section 329, the Magistrate or Court as the case may be, may at any time after the person concerned has ceased to be of unsound mind, resume the inquiry or trial, and require the accused to appear or be brought before such Magistrate or Court.

(2) When the accused has been released under section 330, and the sureties for his appearance produce him to the officer whom the Magistrate or Court appoints in this behalf, the certificate of such officer that the accused is capable of making his defence shall be receivable in evidence.

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What does Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 331 provide?

Section Section 331 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Resumption of Inquiry or Trial) is reproduced on this page as part of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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