CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
287. Parties may examine witnesses
322. Parties may examine witnesses
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
287. Parties may examine witnesses.—(1) The parties to any proceeding under this Code in which a
commission is issued may respectively forward any interrogatories in writing which the Court or Magistrate
directing the commission may think relevant to the issue, and it shall be lawful for the Magistrate, Court or officer to
whom the commission, is directed, or to whom the duty of executing it is delegated, to examine the witness upon
such interrogatories.
(2) Any such party may appear before such magistrate, Court or Officer by pleader, or if not in custody, in
person, and may examine, cross-examine and re-examine (as the case may be) the said witness.
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
322. Parties may examine witnesses.—(1) The parties to any proceeding under this Sanhita in which
a commission is issued may respectively forward any interrogatories in writing which the Court or
Magistrate directing the commission may think relevant to the issue, and it shall be lawful for the
Magistrate, Court or officer to whom the commission, is directed, or to whom the duty of executing it is
delegated, to examine the witness upon such interrogatories.
(2) Any such party may appear before such Magistrate, Court or Officer by an advocate, or if not in
custody, in person, and may examine, cross-examine and re-examine the said witness.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023