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Section 291 - Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
291.Deposition of medical witness.-
(1) The deposition of a civil surgeon or other medical witness, taken and attested by a Magistrate in the presence of the accused, or taken on commission under this Chapter, may be given in evidence in any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Code, although the deponent is not called as a witness.
(2) The Court may, if it thinks fit, and shall, on the application of the prosecution or the accused, summon and examine any such deponent as to the subject-matter of his deposition.
Related Sections
- Section 252: Conviction on plea of guilty
- Section 410: Withdrawal of cases by Judicial Magistrates
- Section 273: Evidence to be taken in presence of accused
- Section 37: Public when to assist Magistrates and police
- Section 352: Certain Judges and Magistrates not to try certain offences when committed before themselves
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- Anusandhan National Research Foundation Act, 2023
- Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2017
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- Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts (Amendment) Act, 2018
- Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015
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