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| (1) When any court is of opinion that there is ground for proceeding in respect of any offence committed before it or brought under its notice in the course of a judicial proceeding, such court may-
| | (a) send the case for trial to the nearest Magistrate's Court and may send the accused in custody or take sufficient security for his appearance before such court and may bind over any per-son to appear and give evidence on such trial, and such Magistrate's Court shall thereupon proceed according to law: or | | |
| | (b) cause the offender to be detained in custody and shall, before the rising of the court on the same day, take cognizance of the offence, and after trial may sentence the offender to a punishment not exceeding the maximum punishment which that court is authorised to impose or is prescribed for such offence by law. | | |
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| (2) In the case referred to in paragraph (b) of sub- section (1) the court shall record on the proceedings the facts constituting the offence with the statement (if any) made by the offender as well as the finding and sentence and shall forthwith transmit a copy of such record to the Supreme Court so that the Court may if it thinks fit exercise its power of revision. |
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| (3) The court may in its discretion discharge the offender or remit the punishment on his submission to the order or requisition of such court or on apology being made to its satisfaction,, and in such case it shall be unnecessary to forward the record to the Supreme Court as herein before required. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts