Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Charge of stealing
When a person is charged with stealing anything and— (a) the facts proved amount to an offence under section 322 or section 323 of…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Charge of Burglary, etc.
When a person is charged with an offence mentioned in Chapter XXIX of the Penal Code (Cap. 63) and the court is of the opinion tha…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Charge of defilement of a girl under 14 years of age
When a person is charged with the defilement of a girl under the age of fourteen years and the court is of the opinion that he is…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Repealed by Act No. 3 of 2006, Second Sch.
(b) With offences under the Sexual Offences Act;
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Charge of rape
Where a person is charged with rape and the court is of the opinion that he is not guilty of that offence but that he is guilty of…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Charge of administering oaths
Where a person is charged with an offence under paragraph (a) of section 61 of the Penal Code (Cap. 63), and the court is of the o…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Charge of manslaughter in connexion with driving of motor vehicle
When a person is charged with manslaughter in connexion with the driving of a motor vehicle by him and the court is of the opinion…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Charges of certain offences respecting infant and unborn children, andabortion, etc.
(1) When a woman is charged with the murder of her child, being a child under the age of twelve months, and the court is of the op…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Persons charged with any offence may be convicted of attempt
When a person is charged with an offence, he may be convicted of having attempted to commit that offence although he was not charg…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
When offence proved is included in offence charged
(1) When a person is charged with an offence consisting of several particulars,a combination of some only of which constitutes a c…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Property stolen
(1) If a person guilty of an offence mentioned in Chapters XXVI to XXXI, both inclusive, of the Penal Code (Cap. 63), in stealing,…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Property found on accused person
Where, upon the apprehension of a person charged with an offence, any property is taken from him, the court before which he is cha…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Promotion of reconciliation
In all cases the court may promote reconciliation and encourage and facilitate the settlement in an amicable way of proceedings fo…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Orders for compensation and expenses
(1) A court which— (a) on convicting a person of an offence, imposes a fine, or a sentence of which a fine forms part; or (b) on a…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Costs and compensation to be specified in order, how recoverable
(1) Sums allowed for costs awarded under section 171 shall in all cases bespecified in the conviction or order. (2) If the person…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Power to order costs against accused or private prosecutor
(1) A judge of the High Court or a magistrate of a subordinate court of the first or second class may order a person convicted bef…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Copy of judgment, etc., to be given to accused on application
On the application of the accused person, a copy of the judgment, or, when he so desires, a translation in his own language, if pr…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Contents of judgment
(1) Every such judgment shall, except as otherwise expressly provided by thisCode, be written by or under the direction of the pre…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Mode of delivering judgment
(1) The judgment in every trial in a criminal court in the exercise of its original jurisdiction shall be pronounced, or the subst…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Procedure when accused does not understand proceedings
(1) If the accused, though not insane, cannot be made to understand the proceedings— (a) in cases tried by a subordinate court, th…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Defence of lunacy adduced at trial
(1) Where an act or omission is charged against a person as an offence, and itis given in evidence on the trial of that person for…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Resumption of proceedings or trial
Wherever a trial is postponed under section 162 or section 280, the court may at any time, subject to the provisions of section 16…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Procedure where person of unsound mind subsequently found capable of making defence
(1) If a person detained in a mental hospital or other place of custody undersection 162 or section 280 is found by the medical of…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Inquiry by court as to soundness of mind of accused
(1) When in the course of a trial or committal proceedings the court has reason to believe that the accused is of unsound mind and…
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