(2) The power of the Public Prosecutor under subsection (1) shall be exercised by him personally.
(3) The certificate of the Public Prosecutor issued under subsection (1) shall be tendered to the Sessions Court whereupon the Sessions Court shall transfer the case to the High Court specified in the certificate and cause the accused person to appear or be brought before such Court as soon as may be practicable.
(4) When the accused person appears or is brought before the High Court in accordance with subsection (3), the High Court shall fix a date for his trial which shall be held in accordance with the procedure under Chapter XX of the Criminal Procedure Code.
(5) This section shall apply to all cases before the Sessions Court to try offences under this Act, whether the proceedings are instituted before or after the coming into operation of this Act, provided that the accused person has not pleaded guilty and no evidence in respect of the case against him has begun to be adduced.
Joinder of offences
61. Notwithstanding anything contained in section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code, where a person is accused of more than one offence under this Act he may be charged with and tried at one trial for any number of such offences committed within the space of any length of time.
Defence statement
62. Once delivery of documents by the prosecution pursuant to section 51a of the Criminal Procedure Code has taken place, the accused shall, before commencement of the trial, deliver the following documents to the prosecution:
- (a) a defence statement setting out in general terms the nature of the defence and the matters on which the accused takes issue with the prosecution, with reasons; and
- (b) a copy of any document which would be tendered as part of the evidence for the defence.
