Cap. 9 ст. 525Applicability of certain provisions to other courts of criminal justice.

(1) The following provisions shall also apply to the Court of Magistrates:

(a) article 441:

Provided that it shall be lawful for the court to proceed without the instance of any party; ex officio

(b) articles 443, 444 and 445;

(c) article 451, in so far as it relates to the mode of communicating with deaf-mutes, or dumb but not deaf persons, or persons deaf only; and article 452.

(2) The provisions of articles 362, 363, 364, 383 to 387, inclusively, of article 397(5) and of article 399 shall also apply to the Criminal Court and to the Court of Criminal Appeal; and the provisions of article 452 shall also apply to the Court of Criminal Appeal in the hearing of appeals from judgments of the Court of Magistrates.

(2A) The provisions of article 412B(1) and (2) shall also apply mutatis mutandis to the Criminal Court with respect to a person in custody for an offence for which a bill of indictment has been filed as well as to the Court of Criminal Appeal with respect to a person in custody who is a party to appeal proceedings before that court: Provided that with respect to the Criminal Court the relevant decision shall in all cases be taken by the Court sitting without a jury.

(3) The provisions of article 397, of sub-articles (2) to (4), both inclusive, of articles 467 and 623 shall, mutatis mutandis, also be applied by the Court of Magistrates in cases falling within its jurisdiction as court of criminal judicature under any other provision of this Code or of any other law.