Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
293.Reports of certain Government scientific
experts.-
(1) Any document purporting to be a report
under the hand of a Government scientific expert to whom this section applies,
upon any matter or thing duly submitted to him for examination or analysis 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.
(2) The Court may, if it thinks fit, summon and examine any such expert as to
the subject-matter of his report.
(3) Where any such expert is summoned by a Court and he is unable to attend
personally, he may, unless the Court has expressly directed him to appear
personally, depute any responsible officer working with him to attend the
Court, if such officer is conversant with the facts of the case and can
satisfactorily depose in Court on his behalf.
(4) This section applies to the following Government scientific experts,
namely:-
(a) any Chemical Examiner or Assistant Chemical Examiner to Government;
(b) the Chief
Inspector of Explosives;
(c) the Director of the Finger Print Bureau;
(d) the Director, Haffkeine Institute,
Bombay ;
(e) the Director of a Central Forensic Science Laboratory or a State Forensic
Science Laboratory;
(f) the Serologist to the Government