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Section 212 of Penal Code CAP 63: Procedure where woman convicted of capital offence alleges she is pregnant

    

(1) Where a woman convicted of an offence punishable with death alleges that she is pregnant, or where the court before whom she is so convicted thinks fit so to order, the question whether or not the woman is pregnant shall, before sentence is passed on her, be determined by the trial judge.
(2) The question whether the woman is pregnant or not shall be determined by the judge on such evidence as may be laid before him on the part of the woman or on the part of the Republic, and the judge shall find that the woman is not pregnant unless it is proved affirmatively to his satisfaction that she is pregnant.
(3) Where in proceedings under this section the judge finds that the woman in question is not pregnant, the woman may appeal to the Court of Appeal, and that Court, if satisfied that for any reason the finding should be set aside, shall quash the sentence passed on her and instead thereof pass on her a sentence of imprisonment for life.
(4) If for any reason whatsoever the trial judge is unable to sit for the purpose of determining the question whether or not the woman is pregnant, then some other judge of the High Court shall sit and determine that question.

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