Section 337 · Procedure where lunatic prisoner is reported capable of making his defence
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If such person is
detained under the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 330, and in the case of a person detained in a jail, the
Inspector-General of Prisons, or, in the case of a person detained a lunatic asylum, the visitors of such asylum, or
any two of them shall certify that, in his or their opinion, such person is capable of making his defence, he shall be
taken before the Magistrate or Court, as the case may be, at such time as the Magistrate or Court appoints, and the
Magistrate or Court shall deal with such person under the provisions of section 332; and the certificate of such
Inspector-General or visitors as aforesaid shall be receivable as evidence.
In the new law
CrPC 337BNSS 376
376. Procedure where prisoner of unsound mind is reported capable of making his defence.
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