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Section 348: Power to summon material witness, or examine person present.

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

Any Court may, at any stage of any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Sanhita, summon any person as a witness, or examine any person in attendance, though not summoned as a witness, or re-call and re-examine any person already examined; and the Court shall summon and examine or re-call and re-examine any such person if his evidence appears to it to be essential to the just decision of the case.

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ActThe Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section348
Marginal notePower to summon material witness, or examine person present.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source
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