Criminal Procedure Code · s 234

Suggest a correction

Tell us what is wrong in this text. We check every suggestion against the official version before we change anything.

What is wrong?Wrong or mistyped wordsWrong structure or numberingWrong title or detailsText that appears twice

What should change, and whyUp to 2,000 characters.The text as it should read (optional)

234.
Reading over evidence and correction
(1) The evidence of each witness taken in inquiries under
Chapters XI and XVII shall be read over to him in the presence and hearing of the accused and shall, if necessary, be corrected.
(2) If the witness denies the correctness of any part of the evidence when the evidence is read over to him, the Magistrate may, instead of correcting the evidence, make a memorandum thereon of the objection made to it by the witness, and shall add such remarks as he thinks necessary.
(3) The evidence so taken down shall be interpreted to the witness, if necessary, in the language in which it was given or in a language which he understands.
(4) When a deposition has been read over to a witness and acknowledged to be correct, the Magistrate shall append to the evidence of the witness the letters "RAW and his initials which is deemed to be a certificate that the evidence has been read over and, if necessary, interpreted to the witness in the presence and hearing of the accused, and has been admitted by the witness to be correct.
(5) The absence of such a certificate in a deposition shall not be a bar to the deposition being received as evidence in any case in which it is desired to tender the deposition in evidence if it is proved by other evidence that the other requirements of this section were in fact complied with.

Edit the text above. Up to 20,000 characters.Where you checked it (optional)A link to the official version, if you have one.

The text as we hold it

Open the official text

s 234Reading over evidence and correction

(1)

The evidence of each witness taken in inquiries under

Chapters XI and XVII shall be read over to him in the presence and hearing of the accused and shall, if necessary, be corrected.

(2)

If the witness denies the correctness of any part of the evidence when the evidence is read over to him, the Magistrate may, instead of correcting the evidence, make a memorandum thereon of the objection made to it by the witness, and shall add such remarks as he thinks necessary.

(3)

The evidence so taken down shall be interpreted to the witness, if necessary, in the language in which it was given or in a language which he understands.

(4)

When a deposition has been read over to a witness and acknowledged to be correct, the Magistrate shall append to the evidence of the witness the letters "RAW and his initials which is deemed to be a certificate that the evidence has been read over and, if necessary, interpreted to the witness in the presence and hearing of the accused, and has been admitted by the witness to be correct.

(5)

The absence of such a certificate in a deposition shall not be a bar to the deposition being received as evidence in any case in which it is desired to tender the deposition in evidence if it is proved by other evidence that the other requirements of this section were in fact complied with.