Law · Criminal Procedure and Local Rules

Consider the following statements regarding the General Rules (Criminal), 1980: Statement A: When a Court of Session passes a sentence of death, it shall, according to Rule 102, commit the prisoner by a warrant in the appropriate form to the jail from which he came to stand his trial, and shall submit its proceedings to the High Court at the latest on the fourth day after the sentence of death has been pronounced. Statement B: When a Court of Session passes a sentence of death against a female prisoner, according to Rule 104, it shall consider after enquiring from such prisoner herself, if necessary, whether she is pregnant and if it thinks that it is likely, it shall have her examined by the District Medical Officer or such other doctor as it may consider fit and if it finds that she is in fact pregnant, it shall make a report to the High Court.