Sashastra Seema Bal Act, 2007
104. Examination of a witness on commission.
1. The
prosecutor and the accused person in any case in which a commission is issued
under section 103 may respectively forward any interrogatories in writing which
the court may think relevant to the issue, and the Magistrate executing the
commission shall examine the witness upon such interrogatories.
2. The
prosecutor and the accused person may appear before such Magistrate by counsel,
or, except in the case of an accused person in custody, in person, and may
examine, cross-examine and re-examine, as the case may be, the said witness.
3. After a
commission issued under section 103 has been duly executed, it shall be
returned, together with the deposition of the witness examined there under to
the Judge Attorney-General.
4. On
receipt of a commission, and deposition returned under sub-section (3) ,
the Judge Attorney-General shall forward the same to the Court at whose
instance the commission was issued or, if such Court has been dissolved, to any
other Court convened for the trial of the accused person; and the commission,
the return thereto and the deposition shall be open to inspection by the
prosecutor and the accused person, and may, subject to all just exceptions, be
read in evidence in the case by either the prosecutor or the accused, and shall
form part of the proceedings of the Court.
5. In
every case in which a commission is issued under section 103, the trial may be
adjourned for specified time reasonably sufficient for the execution and return
of the commission.