Sashastra Seema Bal Act, 2007
103. Commission for examination of witnesses.
1. Whenever,
in the course of a trial by a Force Court, it appears to the Court that the
examination of a witness is necessary for the ends of justice, and that the
attendance of such witness cannot be procured without an amount of delay,
expense or inconvenience which, in the circumstances of the case, would be
unreasonable, such Court may address the Judge Attorney-General in order that a
commission to take the evidence of such witness may be issued.
2. The
Judge Attorney-General may then, if he thinks necessary, issue a commission to
any Metropolitan Magistrate or Judicial Magistrate of the first class, within
the local limits of whose jurisdiction such witness resides, to take the
evidence of such witness.
3. The
Magistrate to whom the commission is issued, or, if he is the Chief
Metropolitan Magistrate, or Chief Judicial Magistrate, or such Metropolitan
Magistrate, or Judicial Magistrate, as he appoints in this behalf, shall summon
the witness before him or proceed to the place where the witness is, and shall
take down his evidence in the same manner, and may for this purpose exercise
the same powers, as in the trials of warrant-cases under the Code of Criminal
Procedure, 1973.
4. When
the witness resides in a tribal area or in any place outside India, the
commission may be issued in the manner specified in Chapter XXIII of the Code
of Criminal Procedure, 1973.