Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsPower of Attorney -General to quash commitment and issue instructions to Magistrate
| 396. If, after the receipt by him of the certified copy of the record of an inquiry forwarded under section 159, the Attorney-General is of opinion that there is not sufficient evidence to warrant a commitment for trial, or if for any reason he is of opinion that the accused should be discharged from the matter of the complaint, information or charge, and if the accused is in custody from further detention, he may by order in writing quash the commitment made by the Magistrate and may direct the Registrar of the High Court to return the record of the inquiry to the Magistrate's Court. The Attorney-General shall in every such case issue to the Magistrate such directions as to the disposal of the complaint, information or charge against the accused as to him may seem expedient, and it shall be the duty of the Magistrate to comply with the directions so issued. |