BNSS · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 306 — Power to issue commission for examination of witness in prison.
Replaces CrPC Section 271.
The provisions of this Chapter shall be without prejudice to the power of the Court to issue, under section 319, a commission for the examination, as a witness, of any person confined or detained in a prison; and the provisions of Part B of Chapter XXV shall apply in relation to the examination on commission of any such person in the prison as they apply in relation to the examination on commission of any other person.
Nearby sections
- 303 Power of State Government or Central Government to exclude certain persons from operation of section 302.
- 304 Officer in charge of prison to abstain from carrying out order in certain contingencies.
- 305 Prisoner to be brought to Court in custody.
- 307 Language of Courts.
- 308 Evidence to be taken in presence of accused.
- 309 Record in summons-cases and inquiries.
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