Section 218: When court may proceed with trial immediately after altering, adding to or framing charge

(1) Where the charge as revised under section 216 or 217 of this Act is such that proceeding immediately with the trial is not likely in the opinion of the court to prejudice the defendant in his defence or the prosecutor, as the case may be, in the conduct of the case, the court may in its discretion forthwith proceed with the trial as if the charge so revised had been the original charge.
(2) Where a charge is so amended, a note of the order for amendment shall be endorsed on the charge, and the charge shall be treated for the purpose of all proceedings in connection therewith as having been filed in the amended form.