BNSS § 306 · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Section 306 BNSS — Power to issue commission for examination of witness in prison

Replaces CrPC 271 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. In force since 1 July 2024.

The text

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.

Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text.

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