Rule 46 Conviction of offence other than that charged where indictable offence dealt with summarily

Where a district judge (magistrates’ court) in exercise of the power conferred by Article 46(3) of the Order, having dealt summarily with a charge for an indictable offence, convicts the accused of an offence in the alternative to that charged, an entry to that effect shall be made in the Order Book and specifying the alternative offence of which he was convicted.