Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Chapter XLII · Transfer of Criminal Cases
418. Application for transfer to be supported by affidavit
Feedback & supportEvery application for the exercise of the power conferred by section 417 shall be made by motion which shall, except when the applicant is the Public Prosecutor, be supported by affidavit.
Every such application shall be made before the inquiry into or trial of the offence has been concluded.
inquiry
“inquiry” includes every inquiry conducted under this Code before a Magistrate;
When an accused person makes an application under this section, a Judge may, if he thinks fit, direct him to execute a bond, with or without sureties, conditioned that he will, if convicted, pay the expenses of the prosecution.
Every accused person making any such application shall give to the Public Prosecutor notice in writing of the application, together
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with a copy of the grounds on which it is made, and no order shall be made on the merits of the application unless at least twenty-four hours have elapsed between the giving of the notice and the hearing of the application.