[Rev. 2012] Criminal Procedure Code CAP. 75 69. Powers of High Court The High Court may inquire into and try any offence subject to its jurisdiction at any place where it has power to hold sittings. [Act No. 13 of 1982, First Sch., Act No. 5 of 2003, s. 63.] 70. Place and date of sessions of the High Court (1) For the exercise of its original criminal jurisdiction the High Court shall hold sittings at such places and on such days as the Chief Justice may direct. (2) The Registrar of the High Court shall ordinarily give notice beforehand of all such sittings. [Act No. 13 of 1982, First Sch.] 71. Ordinary place of inquiry and trial Subject to the provisions of section 69, and to the powers of transfer conferred by sections 79 and 81, every offence shall ordinarily be tried by a court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction it was committed, or within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the accused was apprehended, or is in custody on a charge for the offence, or has appeared in answer to a summons lawfully issued charging the offence. [Act No. 13 of 1982, First Sch.] 72. Trial at place where Act done or where consequence of offence ensures When a person is accused of the commission of an offence by reason of anything which has been done or of any consequence which has ensued, the offence may be tried by a court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the thing has been done or the consequence has ensued. [Act No. 13 of 1982, First Sch.] 73. Trial where offence is connected with another offence When an act is an offence by reason of its relation to another act which is also an offence or which would be an offence if the doer were capable of committing an offence, a charge of the first-mentioned offence may be tried by a court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction either act was done. [Act No. 13 of 1982, First Sch.] 74. Trial where place of offence is uncertain When— (a) it is uncertain in which of several local areas an offence was committed; or (b) an offence is committed partly in one local area and partly in another; or (c) an offence is a continuing one, and continues to be committed in more than one local areas; or (d) an offence consists of several acts done in different local areas, it may be tried by a court having jurisdiction over any of those local areas. [Act No. 13 of 1982, First Sch.] C44 - 33 [Issue 1]

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