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157. In this Part —
“Case for the Defence” means the document by that name referred to in section 165;
“Case for the Prosecution” means the document by that name referred to in section 162;
“co-accused” means any person who is to be tried jointly with an accused and to whom the criminal case disclosure procedures apply by virtue of section 159;
“court” means a Magistrate’s Court or a District Court, as the case may be;
“criminal case disclosure conference” means any conference held under Division 2 in respect of any offence to which the criminal case disclosure procedures apply by virtue of section 159;
“criminal case disclosure procedures” means the procedures under Division 2.
158. In a case to be tried in a Magistrate’s Court or District Court, the following provisions apply:
(a)
when an accused is first charged in the court for an offence, a charge must be framed, read and explained to him;
(b)
the accused must be asked whether he wishes to claim trial or plead guilty to the charge unless either party to the case applies for, and the court grants, an adjournment without the plea being recorded; and
(c)
if the accused, after he has been asked to plead —
(i)
pleads guilty to the charge, Division 3 of Part XI applies;
(ii)
refuses to plead or does not plead or claims trial to the charge, and the case is subject to the criminal case disclosure procedures by virtue of section 159, Division 2 applies; or
(iii)
refuses to plead or does not plead or claims trial to the charge, and the case is not subject to the criminal case disclosure procedures by virtue of section 159, Division 4 applies.
159.
—(1) Subject to subsection (2), the criminal case disclosure procedures shall apply to an offence which ––
(a)
is specified in the Second Schedule; and
(b)
is to be tried in a District Court.
(2) The criminal case disclosure procedures shall not apply if the accused, on or before the date of the first criminal case disclosure conference fixed by a court under section 161(1), or such other date to which the first criminal case disclosure conference is adjourned under section 238, informs the court that he does not wish to have the criminal case disclosure procedures apply.
(3) For any offence other than an offence referred to in subsection (1), the criminal case disclosure procedures shall not apply unless all parties consent to have the procedures apply.