Section 115, The Criminal Procedure Act, 2024

(1) Where a committing Magistrate decides that there issufficient evidence to put a defendant on trial, he shall say to the defendant: "Having considered the evidence, you are committed to the High Court sitting at ……..to stand trial for the offence of ……. Copies of written statements and depositions (if any), the record of the committal proceedings and any other document and a list of all physical and material evidence tendered in the Magistrate Court shall be served on you before trial and you will be entitled to give evidence and to call witnesses at your trial." (2) The committing Magistrate shall, if the circumstances of the case warrant the giving of an alibi warning to the defendant, say to the defendant: "I must warn you that, if you intend to give evidence of an alibi or to call witnesses in support of an alibi at the trial in the High Court, you shall give those particulars now to this Court or to the prosecution not later than 7 days from the end of these committal proceedings."