Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Part 8
314. Admissibility of medical report in certain cases
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
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.
medical officer
"medical officer" means a registered medical practitioner employed by Government and if no such oficer is available then any other duly registered medical practitioner or any hospital assistant authorised by the Director-General of Medical Services either generally or for any specific purpose to exercise the functions of a medical officer under this Code;
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.
Terms defined in s 2
medical officer
Defined · s 2"medical officer" means a registered medical practitioner employed by Government and if no such oficer is available then any other duly registered medical practitioner or any hospital assistant authorised by the Director-General of Medical Services either generally or for any specific purpose to exercise the functions of a medical officer under this Code;
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