CrPC 278 — Procedure in regard to such evidence when completed

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Statutory text

(1) As  the  evidence  of  each  witness  taken
under  section  275  or  section  276  is  completed,  it  shall  be  read  over  to  him  in  the  presence  of  the  accused,  if  in attendance, or of his pleader, if he appears by pleader, and shall, if necessary, be corrected.
(2) If  the  witness  denies  the  correctness  of  any  part  of  the  evidence  when  the  same  is  read  over  to  him,  the
Magistrate  or  presiding  Judge  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) If the record of the evidence is in a language different from that in which it has been given and the witness
does not understand that language, the record shall be interpreted to him in the language in which it was given, or in a language which he understands.
STATE AMENDMENT
Gujarat In the principal Act, in section 278, after sub-section (3), the following sub-sections shall be added, namely: —
“(4)  Nothing  contained  in  sub-sections  (1)  to  (3)  shall  apply  when  the  evidence  under  section  273  is  taken through the medium of Electronic Video Linkage.
(5)  The  evidence  taken  through  the  medium  of  Electronic  Video  Linkage  in  electronic  from  shall  be  the
electronic  record  within  the  meaning  of  clause  (t)  of  section  2  if  the  Information  Technology  Act,  2000 (21  of
2000)”
[Vide Gujarat Act 31 of 2017, sec. 3.]

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