Section 121, The Criminal Procedure Act, 2024

(1) A Magistrate Court shall, if during the course of acommittal proceedings it concludes that having regard to the circumstances of the case, the offence charged is one which if proved, can be suitably punished by a term of imprisonment not exceeding 7 years or a fine not exceeding the maximum fine a Magistrate Court can impose, - (a) ask the defendant whether he consents to the case being heard and determined summarily; and (b) explain to him the difference between the case being heard summarily and being committed to the High Court for trial. (2) A Magistrate Court shall, where a defendant consents to the case being dealt with summarily, call upon him to plead to the information and fix a date for the commencement of the summary trial in accordance with Part III. BINDING PROSECUTOR AND WITNESSES BY RECOGNISANCE