Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsAccused may be discharged by Magistrate with sanction of Attorney-General,
| 190. In any case tried under this Chapter otherwise than upon a complaint under section 136 (1), paragraphs (a), (c) and (d), the Magistrate may with the previous sanction of the Attorney-General, for reasons to be recorded by the Magistrate, stop the proceedings at any stage without pronouncing any judgment either of acquittal or conviction and may thereupon discharge the accused. |