Section 341Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings

s. 341

341. Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings If the accused, though not insane, cannot be made to understand the proceedings, the Court may proceed with the inquiry or trial; and, in the case of a Court other than High Court Division, if such [proceedings result] in a conviction, the proceedings shall be forwarded to the High Court Division with a report of the circumstances of the case, and the High Court Division shall pass thereon such order as it thinks fit.

1. 357. The words "proceedings result" were substituted, for the words and comma "inquiry result in a commitment, or if such trial results" by section 2 and Schedule of the Law Reforms Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. XLIX of 1978)