Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Chapter XXIV · General Provisions as to Inquiries and Trials
254A. Reinstatement of trial after discharge
Feedback & support(1)
Subject to subsection (2), where an accused has been given a discharge by the Court and he is recharged for the same offence, his trial shall be reinstated and be continued as if there had been no such order given.
Court
Defined · s 2
“Court” means the High Court, a Sessions Court, or a Magistrate’s Court of any class, as the context may require;
(2)
Subsection (1) shall only apply where witnesses have been called to give evidence at the trial before the order for a discharge has been given by the Court.