(a) be properly taken care of and prevented from doing injury to himself or to any other person, and
(b) be produced for the inspection of such officer, and at such times and places, as the 1[Provincial
Government] may direct, and
(c) in the case of a person detained under section 466, be produced when required before such
Magistrate or Court,
order such person to be delivered to such relative or friend.
(2) If the person so delivered is accused of any offence the trial of which has been postponed by reason
of his being of unsound mind and incapable of making his defence, and the inspecting officer referred to in
subsection (1), clause (b), certifies at any time to the Magistrate or Court that such person is capable of
making his defence, such Magistrate or Court shall call upon the relative or friend to whom such accused
was delivered to produce him before the Magistrate or Court ; and, upon such production, the Magistrate or
Court shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of Section 468, and the certificate of the inspecting
officer shall be receivable as evidence.]
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CHAPTER XXXV
PROCEEDINGS IN CASE OF CERTAIN OFFENCES AFFECTING THE
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
[476. Procedure in cases mentioned in Section 195.(1) When any offence referred to in section 195,
subsection (1), clause(b) or clause (c), has been committed in or in relation to, a proceeding in any Civil,
Revenue or Criminal Court, the Court may take cognizance of the offence and try the same in accordance
with the procedure prescribed for summary trials in Chapter XXII.
2
(2) When in any case tried under subsection (1) the Court finds the offender guilty, it may,
notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (2) of section 262
(a) pass any sentence on the offender authorised by law for such offence, except a sentence of
death, or imprisonment for life, or imprisonment exceeding five years, if such Court be a High
Court, a Court of Session, a District Court or any Court exercising the power of a Court of
Session or a District Court ;
(b) sentence the offender to simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or
to pay a fine not exceeding 3[one thousand rupees] or both, if such Court be a Court of a
Magistrate of the First Class, a Civil Court other than a High Court, a District Court or a Court
exercising the powers of a District Court, or a Revenue Court not inferior to the Court of
Collector ;
1Subs. by A.O., 1937 FOR "L.G.
2 Subs. by the Law Reforms Ordinance, 1972 (12 of 1972), s.2 and Sch., for the original sections 476 and 476A, which were previously amended by various Acts.
3 Subs. by the Law Reforms (Amdt.) Act, 1976 (21 of 1976), s.2 and Sch, for “five hudnered rupees” (w.e.f 18476).
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