Lawgist136Documents exempted from production
(1) Nothing in section 135 shall be deemed to affect the operation of sections 123 and 124 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872) or to apply to any letter, postcard, telegram or other document in the custody of the postal or telegraph authorities.
(2) If any document in such custody is, in the opinion of any district magistrate, chief presidency magistrate, High Court or Court of Session, wanted for the purpose of any court-martial, such magistrate or Court may require the postal or telegraph authorities, as the case may be, to deliver such document to such person as such magistrate or Court may direct.
(3) If any such document is, in the opinion of any other magistrate or of any commissioner of police or district superintendent of police, wanted for any such purpose, he may require the postal or telegraph authorities, as the case may be, to cause search to be made for and to detain such document pending the orders of any such district magistrate, chief presidency magistrate or High Court or Court of Session.
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- 128 Presiding officer
- 129 Judge advocate
- 130 Challenges
- 131 Oaths of member, judge advocate and witness
- 132 Voting by members
- 133 General rule as to evidence
- 134 Judicial notice
- 135 Summoning witnesses
- 136 Documents exempted from production
- 137 Commissions for examination of witnesses
- 138 Examination of a witness on commission
- 139 Conviction of offence not charged
- 140 Presumption as to signatures
- 141 Enrolment paper
- 142 Presumption as to certain documents
- 143 Reference by accused to Government officer
- 144 Evidence of previous convictions and general character
- 145 Lunacy of accused
- 146 Subsequent fitness of lunatic accused for trial
- 147 Transmission to Central Government of orders under section 146
- 148 Release of lunatic accused
- 149 Delivery of lunatic accused to relatives
- 150 Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial
- 151 Order for disposal of property regarding which offence is committed
- 152 Powers of court-martial in relation to proceedings under this Act
