232. Commitment of case to Court of Session when offence is triable exclusively by it.

(1) If in a case instituted on a police report or otherwise, the accused appears or is brought before a Magistrate and it appears to the Magistrate that the offence is triable exclusively by the Court of Session, he shall—

1. commit, after complying with the provisions of section 230 or section 231, as the case may be, the case to the Court of Session, and subject to the provisions of this Sanhita relating to bail, remand the accused to custody until such commitment has been made;
2. subject to the provisions of this Sanhita relating to bail, remand the accused to custody during, and until the conclusion of, the trial;
3. send to that Court the record of the case and the documents and articles, if any, which are to be produced in evidence;
4. notify the Public Prosecutor of the commitment of the case to the Court of Session.

(2) The Court of Session may, on its own motion, take cognizance of an offence committed during the course of trial before it, if the offence charged is one triable by it.