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Section 176

of *CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE

Section 176

Provided that the Court—

(2)

The particulars to be incorporated in the record shall include:

(a)

the name of the Court and the serial number of the case;

(b)

the name and, where female, the sex of the accused;

(c)

the address of the accused;

(d)

the charge;

(e)

the return date of the summons, if any;

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(f)

the date of issue of the summons or warrant, if any;

(g)

the name and address of the complainant, if any, the date of the complaint and the value of any property involved;

(h)

the date of arrest;

(i)

the date of first appearance before the Court;

(j)

the nationality of the accused;

(k)

the age of the accused;

(l)

the particulars of any bail or bond offered or taken either through the police or the Court;

(m)

the plea of the accused;

(n)

the name and title of the officer or name of the advocate conducting the prosecution and the name of the advocate, if any, appearing for the accused;

(na) any satisfactory disposition of the case agreed upon by the accused and the Public Prosecutor under section 172C;

(o)

the date of each adjournment or postponement and the date to which the adjournment or postponement was made and the grounds for making the same;

(p)

the Court’s note of the evidence, if any;

(q)

findings;

(r)

the Court’s note on previous convictions, evidence of character, the victim’s or a member of his family’s impact statement, if any, and plea in mitigation, if any;

(s)

the sentence or other final order;

(t)

the judgment, if written;

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(u)

the date on which the proceedings terminated;

(v)

the particulars of any remand warrant, fine receipt and warrant of commitment;

and, in the event of an appeal being lodged,

(w)

the dates of the notice of appeal, of any request for notes of evidence, of any notice that the notes of evidence can be had on payment, of the service of the Court’s grounds of decision, and of the transmission of the record to the

High Court;

(x)

if the judgment was oral, the grounds of decision;

(y)

the High Court’s serial number of the appeal;

(z)

the result of the appeal and the date on which the Court was informed of it.

(3)

The record shall be authenticated by the signature of the presiding officer of the Court, and shall be filed in such manner as the

Chief Judge may direct.

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