Lawgist291AIdentification report of Magistrate
1[(1) Any document purporting to be a report of identification under the hand of an Executive Magistrate in respect of a person or property may be used as evidence in any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Code, although such Magistrate is not called as a witness:
Provided that where such report contains a statement of any suspect or witness to which the provisions of section 21, section 32, section 33, section 155 or section 157, as the case may be, of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872), apply, such statement shall not be used under this sub-section except in accordance with the provisions of those sections.
(2) The Court may, if it thinks fit, and shall, on the application of the prosecution or of the accused, summon and examine such Magistrate as to the subject-matter of the said report.]
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1. Ins. by Act 25 of 2005, s. 24 (w.e.f. 23-6-2006).
- 284 When attendance of witness may be dispensed with and commission issued
- 285 Commission to whom to be issued
- 286 Execution of commissions
- 287 Parties may examine witnesses
- 288 Return of commission
- 289 Adjournment of proceeding
- 290 Execution of foreign commissions
- 291 Deposition of medical witness
- 291A Identification report of Magistrate
- 292 Evidence of officers of the Mint
- 293 Reports of certain Government scientific experts
- 294 No formal proof of certain documents
- 295 Affidavit in proof of conduct of public servants
- 296 Evidence of formal character on affidavit
- 297 Authorities before whom affidavits may be sworn
- 298 Previous conviction or acquittal how proved
- 299 Record of evidence in absence of accused
