Book 3: Procedure in Courts of First Instance
- Section 157: Filing a Charge with the Competent Court
- Section 158: Required Contents of a Criminal Charge
- Section 159: Pleading a Recidivism Sentence Increase
- Section 160: Joining Multiple Counts in One Charge
- Section 161: Correcting or Dismissing a Defective Charge
- Section 161/1: Dismissing Bad-Faith Private Prosecutions
- Section 162: Court Action on a Proper Charge
- Section 163: Amending the Charge or the Plea
- Section 164: Amendment Must Not Prejudice the Defence
- Section 165: Preliminary Examination Procedure and the Accused
- Section 165/1: Court-Appointed Counsel at Preliminary Hearing
- Section 165/2: Defendant's Statement at Preliminary Hearing
- Section 166: Dismissal for Prosecutor's Non-Appearance
- Section 167: Prima Facie Ruling After Preliminary Hearing
- Section 168: Service of the Charge After Acceptance
- Section 169: Summons or Arrest Warrant to Secure Defendant
- Section 170: Finality of Prima Facie Order and Appeals
- Section 171: Trial Rules Applied to Preliminary Hearing
- Section 172: Open Trial and Arraignment of the Defendant
- Section 172 bis: Trial and Evidence in the Defendant's Absence
- Section 172 ter: Taking Evidence of a Child Witness
- Section 172 quater: Out-of-Court Examination of a Child Witness
- Section 173: Court-Appointed Counsel Before Trial
- Section 173/1: Pre-Trial Examination of Evidence and Witness Lists
- Section 173/2: Procedure on the Evidence-Examination Day
- Section 174: Order of Presenting the Case at Trial
- Section 175: Court's Power to Summon the Investigation File
- Section 176: Guilty Plea and Conviction Without Evidence
- Section 177: Power to Order a Trial in Camera
- Section 178: Persons Allowed in a Closed Courtroom
- Section 179: Continuous Trial and Adjournment
- Section 180: Maintaining Order in Criminal Court
- Section 181: Application of Sections 139 and 166 to Trial
- Section 182: Reading Judgment and Absence of Parties
- Section 183: Written and Signed Judgments; Dissent
- Section 184: Deliberation and Majority Voting
- Section 185: Acquittal or Conviction of the Defendant
- Section 186: Required Contents of a Judgment
- Section 187: Required Contents of an Interlocutory Order
- Section 188: When a Judgment Takes Effect
- Section 189: Free Certified Judgment Copy for Indigent Convicts
- Section 190: No Alteration of a Judgment Once Read
- Section 191: Explaining Doubts in Enforcing a Judgment
- Section 192: No Judgment Beyond the Charge