Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsWhen trial shall be by jury and when not
| 161. Subject to the provisions of this Code and any other written law in every case where at least one of the offences falls within the list of offences set out in the Second Schedule to the Judicature Act, No. 2 of 1978, or in any case where the Attorney-General having regard to the nature and circumstances of the offence determines that the trial should be held in the High Court by a jury, trial shall be on indictment in the High Court by a jury. In every other case and whether there was a preliminary inquiry under this Chapter or not, trial shall be on indictment in the High Court without a jury. |