Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Chapter XXXIII · Persons of Unsound Mind
349. Procedure where prisoner of unsound mind is reported able to make his defence
Feedback & supportWhen any person is confined under section 344 in a psychiatric hospital, and the Visitors and Medical Director jointly certify that in their opinion that person is capable of making his defence, he shall be taken before a Judge or Magistrate, as the case may be, at such time as the Judge or Magistrate appoints, and the Judge or Magistrate shall proceed with the trial and the aforesaid certificate of the Visitors and
Medical Director shall be receivable as evidence.