Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsAN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE AND TO MAKE PROVISION ENABLING MAGISTRATES' COURTS TO RESUME PROCEEDINGS IN CASES WHERE, BEFORE THE PASSING OF THIS ACT, A MAGISTRATE'S COURT, BEING OF OPINION THAT AN ACCUSED WAS OF UNSOUND MIND, HAS POSTPONED FURTHER PROCEED- INGS IN A TRIAL WITHOUT CONSIDERING WHETHER THE OFFENCE WAS OF A TRIVIAL NATURE BECAUSE IT HAD NO POWER TO DISCHARGE THE ACCUSED IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES.