Criminal Procedure Code · s 2361
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Where any proceedings before any Judge or Magistrate are recorded by any mechanical means, the Judge or Magistrate shall cause the electronic record of such proceedings to be transcribed by any person authorised in writing by the Judge or Magistrate.
Upon the production of the transcript by any person authorised under subsection (I), the Judge or Magistrate shall ascertain the accuracy and reliability of such transcript and where the Judge or Magistrate makes a ruling that any evidence recorded is inadmissible or irrelevant and shall not form part of the record of proceedings, he may direct that the electronic record of that evidence be excluded fiom the record of proceedings.
The transcript shall be authenticated by the signature of the
Judge or Magistrate.
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Safe custody of electronic record and transcript 2365.
The Judge or Magistrate shall cause any electronic record of any proceedings before the Judge or Magistrate and the authenticated copy a of the transcript of that electronic record to be kept in safe custody.
The electronic record shall not be erased, destroyed or otherwise disposed of -
within the time allowed by law for instituting any appeal or revision in relation to the proceedings in question; or
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where an appeal, reference or revision in relation to the proceedings in question is instituted, until that appeal, reference or revision is finally determined or otherwise terminated.