Section 277.   Procedure when not convicted.

(1) If the Magistrate does not convict the accused under section 275 or
section 276, the Magistrate shall proceed to hear the prosecution and take all such evidence
as may be produced in support of the prosecution, and also to hear the accused and take all
such evidence as he produces in his defence.
(2) The Magistrate may, if he thinks fit, on the application of the prosecution or the
accused, issue a summons to any witness directing him to attend or to produce any document
or other thing.
(3) The Magistrate may, before summoning any witness on such application, require
that the reasonable expenses of the witness incurred in attending for the purposes of the
trial be deposited in Court.