CAP. 75 Criminal Procedure Code [Rev. 2012] HIGH COURT 201. Rules as to taking down of evidence (1) The Chief Justice may make rules of court prescribing the manner in which evidence shall be taken down in cases coming before the High Court, and the judges shall take down the evidence or the substance thereof in accordance with those rules. (2) The provisions of section 200 of this Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to trials held in the High Court. [Act No. 27 of 1961, Sch., Act No. 7 of 2007, Sch.] PART VI – PROCEDURE IN TRIALS BEFORE SUBORDINATE COURTS PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE HEARING AND DETERMINATION OF CASES 202. Non-appearance of complainant at hearing If, in a case which a subordinate court has jurisdiction to hear and determine, the accused person appears in obedience to the summons served upon him at the time and place appointed in the summons for the hearing of the case, or is brought before the court under arrest, then, if the complainant, having had notice of the time and place appointed for the hearing of the charge, does not appear, the court shall thereupon acquit the accused, unless for some reason it thinks it proper to adjourn the hearing of the case until some other date, upon such terms as it thinks fit, in which event it may, pending the adjourned hearing, either admit the accused to bail or remand him to prison, or take security for his appearance as the court thinks fit. [Act No. 10 of 1969, Sch.] 203. Appearance of both parties If at the time appointed for the hearing of the case both the complainant and the accused person appear before the court which is to hear and determine the charge, or if the complainant appears and the personal attendance of the accused person has been dispensed with under section 99, the court shall proceed to hear the case. 204. Withdrawal of complaint If a complainant, at any time before a final order is passed in a case under this Part, satisfies the court that there are sufficient grounds for permitting him to withdraw his complaint, the court may permit him to withdraw it and shall thereupon acquit the accused. 205. Adjournment (1) The court may, before or during the hearing of a case, adjourn the hearing to a certain time and place to be then appointed and stated in the presence and hearing of the party or parties or their respective advocates then present, and in the meantime the court may allow the accused person to go at large, or may [Issue 1] C44 - 74