CHAPTER XXIII EVIDENCE IN INQUIRIES AND TRIALS · B.–Commissions for the examination of witnesses
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (repealed)
Repealed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.
(1) The evidence of any person whose evidence is of a formal character may be given by affidavit and may, subject to all just exceptions, be read in evidence in any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Code.
(2) The Court may, if it thinks fit, and shall, on the application of the prosecution or the accused, summon and examine any such person as to the facts contained in his affidavit.
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
| 296. Evidence of formal character on affidavit. | BNSS 332 |