Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

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Administration of Justice Law (No. 44 of 1973) - Sect 173

Where trial were appropriate before higher court

173. If the Magistrate after taking the evidence adduced for the prosecution and the defence is of opinion that the accused is guilty of an offence which cannot be adequately punished by a Magistrate's court he shall not convict the accused but shall for- ward the record of the record of the case to the Director of Public Prosecution.


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