104Examination of a witness on commission
(1) The prosecutor and the accused person in any case in which a commission is issued under section 103 may respectively forward any interrogatories in writing which the court may think relevant to the issue, and the Magistrate executing the commission shall examine the witness upon such interrogatories.
(2) The prosecutor and the accused person may appear before such Magistrate by counsel, or, except in the case of an accused person in custody, in person, and may examine, cross-examine and re-examine, as the case may be, the said witness.
(3) After a commission issued under section 103 has been duly executed, it shall be returned, together with the deposition of the witness examined thereunder to the Judge Attorney-General.
(4) On receipt of a commission, and deposition returned under sub-section (3), the Judge AttorneyGeneral shall forward the same to the Court at whose instance the commission was issued or, if such Court has been dissolved, to any other Court convened for the trial of the accused person; and the commission, the return thereto and the deposition shall be open to inspection by the prosecutor and the accused person, and may, subject to all just exceptions, be read in evidence in the case by either the prosecutor or the accused, and shall form part of the proceedings of the Court.
(5) In every case in which a commission is issued under section 103, the trial may be adjourned for specified time reasonably sufficient for the execution and return of the commission.
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- 94 Presiding officer
- 95 Judge Attorneys
- 96 Objections
- 97 Oath of members, Judge Attorneys and witnesses
- 98 Voting by members
- 99 General rule as to evidence
- 100 Judicial notice
- 101 Summoning of witnesses
- 102 Documents exempted from production
- 103 Commission for examination of witnesses
- 104 Examination of a witness on commission
- 105 Conviction for offences not charged
- 106 Presumption as to signatures
- 107 Enrolment paper
- 108 Presumption as to certain documents
- 109 Reference by accused to Government officer
- 110 Evidence of previous convictions and general character
- 111 Lunacy of accused
- 112 Subsequent fitness of lunatic accused for trial
- 113 Transmission to Central Government of order under section 112
- 114 Release of lunatic accused
- 115 Delivery of lunatic accused to relatives
- 116 Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial
- 117 Order for disposal of property regarding which offence is committed
- 118 Powers of Force Court in relation to proceedings under this Act
- 119 Tender of pardon to accomplices
- 120 Trial of person not complying with conditions of pardon