362. Procedure when after commencement of inquiry or trial, Magistrate finds case should be committed.

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 the case to that Court under the provisions hereinbefore contained and thereupon the provisions of this Sanhita shall apply as if the accused had been committed to the Court of Session under the provisions of Chapter XVII.