'""' DIVISION Ill PROCEDURE IN THE COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE :IJ11wn .,\;, ct ~ht'fl~ 'll'fl bbn\i1'f! b~j.J Liii l.IVl'fl~t!u t'f19 ~11 1 1\l •hmnilmmuu1urmlii'fl~f'l~ '1X1l.lin'IXM1~'fi~'JJ11il LLiiim~ur'i,~ 1 u m1:1Jij .,'l-i1'flnu~:::br.lu .,~~ rif'fl~ bbtl~~1uYl'fl~n~ mn~l.l Liiil.I:J 1u m1 l.l ij .,'l,-~'fl~1u ~::: Lr.l u.,~~ilbrlfnli 1~ 1-l!i~ hi~1"l:::Yi1 b'llud1u~~u:;1~ 111 Section 164.- The application to amend or supplement a charge, if it would prejudice the defence of the accused, shall not be granted by the Court; but neither the correction of the mistake made in specifying the offence or the particulars required to be stated in the charge, nor the addition as regards the offence or the particulars which have not been specified or stated, shall be considered, at any stage of the trial in the Court of First Instance, as prejudicial to the defence of the accused, unless the accused has been actually • .. :IJ11il'i1 .,\i>& 1uf'l~~~'f'lun~1u'ii'umntlu'["l'l'lll 1uiu1.J~~l! l;J~Yl'fl~ 1'1X~1 b~Ul.l1'1-lli'flfll.l .T~m F11~ 1'1XM1~i'l~li1 bU1Yl'fl~ Lbri~1 b~u nu .r~ hJ missed by the error or omission.· 0 "Section 165.- In the case where the charge is entered by the Public Prosecutor, the accused shall, on the day fixed for holding the b~M1m~'fl~1bth!~1 b~U"ll-~Lbil~ 1'1X'fi1Ubb~~'flii1J1uYl'fl~1!l preliminary examination, appear or be brought before the Court The VI~ Lb\1 :::ml.l~11tli m:::vh ij .,"ll-~'1-lli'fl hi "l :::1 '!Xm~.J'el ~mh~hth~ Court shall serve a copy of the charge on each of the accused; and, l"i11 'IX m ~'ll'el~~ 1Lt1u1 'IX"l., H t'f1~1 b\1 uhi U'fll.l1 '!Xm ~ !11 'IX M1~ after the Court has been satisfied as to the identity of the accused, "l.,11u~1u1-l LL11:::r;\1 Luum~iii'fl1ti the charge shall be read out and explained to him, and he shall then be asked whether or not he has committed the offence and whether he wishes to make any statement in defence. The statement made by the accused shall be written down. If the accused refuses to make · any statement, this shall be written down in a memorandum and the preliminary examination shall then proceed. The accused is not entitled to adduce evidence in the course of the preliminary examination, but this shall not debar him from having the assistance of a counseL • ·~11>'1rl .,bd'" tm'i~LLii1ft•m !U.u.un'i~Li'iutinu tf.i~1CJ!1 ('iJU!ln b) ruL ~<>"'"""" mm1 "" • "Section 165" revised by the Act Amending the Criminal Procedure Code (No.6) BE 2499, Section 9,