ORDINANCE No. 3 OF 1865.
Criminal Law Procedure.
original, and shall inform him of the exigency thereof; and the said officer shall in all cases endorse on, or annex to the original, a return of the manner of his execution thereof, and shall transmit the same to the Registrar of the Court
21. The prisoner to be tried upon any information shall be placed at the bar unfettered, unless the Court shall see cause otherwise to order; and the information shall be read over to him, by the Registrar or other officer of the Court, and explained, if need be, by that officer, or the interpreter of the Court; and such prisoner shall be required to plead instantly thereto; unless where the prisoner is entitled to service of a copy of the information, he shall object to the want of such service, and the Court shall find that he has not been duly served therewith.
22. Every prisoner upon being arraigned upon or charged with any information by pleading generally thereto the plea of "Not Guilty" shall without further form be deemed to have put himself upon the country for trial, and in any plea of autrefois convict or autrefois acquit it shall be sufficient for any prisoner to state that he has been lawfully convicted or acquitted, (as the case may be) of the said offence charged in the information.
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Pleading to information.
Effect of a plea of "Not Guilty."
How plea of autrefois convict or acquit to be pleaded.
If prisoner refuses to be dealt with.
23. If any prisoner being arraigned upon, or charged with, information stand mute of malice, or who neither will, nor by reason of infirmity, can, answer directly to the information, the Court shall, if it think fit, order the Registrar to enter a plea of "Not Guilty" on behalf of such prisoner, and the plea so entered shall have the same force and effect as if such prisoner had actually pleaded the same; or else the Court shall thereupon cause a jury to be impanelled to try whether the prisoner be of sound or unsound mind, and if he shall be found to be of unsound mind the Court shall make such order touching the safe custody of the prisoner as to the Court shall seem just and proper; and if he shall be found of sound mind the Court shall proceed with the trial.
24. It shall be lawful for the Court at any time to amend the information or proceedings in any matter of form or substance, the omission or insertion of which, as the case may be, has not, in the opinion of the Court, prejudiced or is calculated to prejudice the prisoner in his defence.
25. A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character, but he may, in case the witness shall in the opinion
may discredit his own witness,
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ORDINANCE No. 3 OF 1865.
Criminal Law Procedure.
original, and shall inform him of the exigency thereof; and the said officer shall in all cases endorse on, or annex to the original, a return of the manner of his execution thereof, and shall transmit the same to the Regis- trar of the Court
21. The prisoner to be tried upon any information shall be placed at the bar unfettered, unless the Court shall see cause otherwise to order; and the information shall be read over to him, by the Registrar or other officer of the Court, and explained, if need be, by that officer, or the interpreter of the Court; and such prisoner shall be required to plead instantly thereto; unless where the prisoner is entitled to service of a copy of the information, he shall object to the want of such service, and the Court shall find that he has not been duly served therewith.
22. Every prisoner upon being arraigned upon or charged with any information by pleading generally thereto the plea of "Not Guilty" shall without further form be deemed to have put himself upon the country for trial, and in any plea of autrefois convict or autrefois acquit it shall be sufficient for any prisoner to state that he has been lawfully convicted or acquitted, (as the case may be) of the said offence charged in the information.
any
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Pleading to information.
Effect of a plea of "Not Guilty."
How plea of convict or pleaded.
autrefois
acquit to be
If prisoner refuses to
be dealt with.
23. If any prisoner being arraigned upon, or charged with, information stand mute of malice, or who neither will, nor by reason of plead how to infirmity, can, answer directly to the information, the Court shall, if it think fit, order the Registrar to enter a plea of "Not Guilty" on behalf of such prisoner, and the plea so entered shall have the same force and effect as if such prisoner had actually pleaded the same; or else the Court shall thereupon cause a jury to be impanelled to try whether the prisoner be of sound or unsound mind, and if he shall be found to be of unsound mind the Court shall make such order touching the safe custody of the prisoner as to the Court shall seem just and proper; and if he shall be found of sound mind the Court shall proceed with the trial.
24. It shall be lawful for the Court at any time to amend the Amendment. information or proceedings in any matter of form or substance, the omission or insertion of which, as the case may be, has not, in the opinion of the Court, prejudiced or is calculated to prejudice the prisoner in his defence.
25 A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by How far a party general evidence of bad character, but he may, in case the witness shall in the opinion
may discredit
his own witness,
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