Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
292.Evidence of the officers of the Mint.-
(1) Any document purporting to be a report
under the hand of any such gazetted officer of the Mint or of the India
Security Press (including the office of the Controller of Stamps and
Stationery) as the Central Government may, by notification, specify in this
behalf, upon any matter or thing duly submitted to him for examination and
report in the course of any proceeding under this Code, may be used as evidence
in any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Code, although such
officer is not called as a witness.
(2) The Court may, if it thinks fit, summon and examine any such officer as to
the subject-matter of his report:
Provided that no such officer shall be summoned to produce any records
on which the report is based.
(3) Without prejudice to the provisions of sections 123 and 124 of the Indian
Evidence Act, 1872, (1 of 1872) no such officer shall, except with the
permission of the Master of the Mint or the India Security Press or the
Controller of Stamps and Stationery, as the case may be, be permitted -
(a) to give any evidence derived from any unpublished official records on which
the report is based; or
(b) to disclose the nature or particulars of any test applied by him in the
course of the examination of the matter or thing.