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Section 278 - Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
278.Procedure in regard to such evidence when completed.-
(1) As the evidence of each witness taken under section 275 or section 276 is completed, it shall be read over to him in the presence of the accused, if in attendance, or of his pleader, if he appears by pleader, and shall, if necessary, be corrected.
(2) If the witness denies the correctness of any part of the evidence when the same is read over to him, the Magistrate or presiding Judge may, instead of correcting the evidence, make a memorandum thereon of the objection made to it by the witness and shall add such remarks as he thinks necessary.
(3) If the record of the evidence is in a language different from that in which it has been given and the witness does not understand that language, the record shall be interpreted to him in the language in which it was given, or in a language which he understands.
Related Sections
- Section 195: Prosecution for contempt of lawful authority of public servants, for offences against public justice and for offences relating to documents given in evidence
- Section 399: Sessions Judges powers of revision
- Section 31: Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial
- Section 296: Evidence of formal character on affidavit
- Section 81: Procedure by Magistrate before whom such person arrested is brought