Section 102, The Criminal Procedure Act, 2024

A Magistrate Court may, during an adjournment, accordingto the nature and circumstances of each case and subject to section 77, - 50 51 Court to sit in public. Nonappearance prosecutor. Appearance of both parties. Where pleads guilty in writing. Redacted and unredacted statements to be served on defence. Defendant to be called upon to plead. Trials in Magistrate Procedure in plea of guilty. Hearing may be adjourned. Custody of (a) release the defendant on bail or commit him by warrant to a correctional centre or other place of detention or safe custody as the Court thinks fit; or (b) discharge the defendant on his entering into a recognisance with or without a surety or sureties.