The CrPC 1973 was replaced by the BNSS 2023 (in force 2024-07-01); no verified section mapping on file for Section 323 — confirm the corresponding provision (savings: Section 531, BNSS 2023).
If, in any inquiry into an offence or a trial before a Magistrate, it appears to him at any stage of the proceedings before signing judgment that the case is one which ought to be tried by the Court of Session, he shall commit it to that Court under the provisions hereinbefore contained [and thereupon the provision of Chapter XVIII shall apply to the commitment so made]. Inserted by Act 45 of 1978, Section 27 (w.e.f. 18/12/1978).