Section 267: Evidence for prosecution.

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023Central Act · Act 46 of 2023

(1) When, in any warrant-case instituted otherwise than on a police report, the accused appears or is brought before a Magistrate, the Magistrate shall proceed to hear the prosecution and take all such evidence as may be produced in support of the prosecution.

(2) The Magistrate may, on the application of the prosecution, issue a summons to any of its witnesses directing him to attend or to produce any document or other thing.

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Act	The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section	267
Marginal note	Evidence for prosecution.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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