If such person is detained under the provisions of sub-section (2) of section
330, and in the case of a person detained in a jail, the Inspector-General of
Prisons, or, in the case of a person detained a lunatic asylum, the visitors of
such asylum, or any two of them shall certify that, in his or their opinion,
such person is capable of making his defence, he shall be taken before the
Magistrate or Court, as the case may be, at such time as the Magistrate or Court
appoints, and the Magistrate or Court shall deal with such person under the
provisions of section 332; and the certificate of such Inspector-General or
visitors as aforesaid shall be receivable as evidence.
Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)
331 CrPC Resumption of inquiry or trial
332 CrPC Procedure on accused appearing before Magistrate or Court
333 CrPC When accused appears to have been of sound mind
334 CrPC Judgment of acquittal on ground of unsoundness of mind
335 CrPC Person acquitted on such ground to be detained in safe custody
336 CrPC Power of State Government to empower officer-in-charge to discharge
337 CrPC Procedure where lunatic prisoner is reported capable of making his defence
338 CrPC Procedure where lunatic detained is declared fit to be released