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CHAPTER XXIII EVIDENCE IN INQUIRIES AND TRIALS · A.–Mode of taking and recording evidence

Section 280: Remarks respecting demeanour of witness

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

When a presiding Judge or Magistrate has recorded the evidence of a witness, he shall also record such remarks (if any) as he thinks material respecting the demeanour of such witness whilst under examination.

Now in the BNSS

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

280. Remarks respecting demeanour of witness.BNSS 315

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