208. Previous Acquittal or Conviction, When To Be Proved. A previous acquittal or conviction may be pleaded or proved at any stage of an inquiry into or trial for the same offence or any other offence to a charge of which it is a bar; upon its being proved, the accused shall be discharged. CHAPTER XX II GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO INQUIRIES, TRIALS AND OTHER JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS 209 Courts To Be Open. The place in which any Court is held for the purpose of inquiring into or trying any offence shall be deemed an open Court, to which the public generally may have access, so far as the same can conveniently contain them; Provided that the presiding Magistrate may if he thinks fit order at any stage of any inquiry into or trial of any particular case that the public generally or any particular person shall not have access to or be or remain in such place. NOTE :- The provision enables the presiding Magistrate to exclude witnesses from the Court. 210. Pleaders. Any advocate authorized generally to practice in the Criminal Courts of the New Sudan may appear and act as pleader in any criminal proceedings, and any Court may as regards any particular proceedings before it and the County Judge may as regards any particular proceeding before any Court in his County authorize any other person to act as pleader, provided that no professional advocate not authorized generally to practice in the Criminal Courts of the New Sudan shall appear in any criminal proceedings without the sanction of the president of the Court of Appeal. 211. Prosecutions, by Whom Conducted. Prosecutions may be conducted by the Attorney General or any person appointed by him to represent him, or by the complainant or a pleader appointed by him. Provided that the Attorney General may intervene to remove the conduct of the prosecution from the complainant or his pleader and in such case the Attorney General shall direct by whom the prosecution shall be conducted. 71