Criminal Procedure Code · s 314

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s 314Admissibility of medical report in certain cases

(1)

The medical officer or hospital assistant who made the post mortem examination of the body of the deceased shall when possible be called as a witness but in his absence for reasonable cause, the written report of the medical officer or hospital assistant shall be admissible in evidence.

(2)

The written report shall be subject to such deduction from its weight as the Court deems proper to make by reason of the report not having

a been made upon oath and the accused person not having any opportunity of cross-examination.