CrPC 311A — Power of Magistrate to order person to give specimen signatures or handwriting

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Statutory text

[311A. Power of Magistrate to order person to give specimen signatures or handwriting.—If a Magistrate
of the first class is satisfied that, for the purposes of any investigation or proceeding under this Code, it is expedient
to  direct  any  person,  including  an  accused  person,  to  give  specimen  signatures  or  handwriting,  he  may  make  an
order to that effect and in that case the person to whom the order relates shall be produced or shall attend at the time
and place specified in such order and shall give his specimen signatures or handwriting:
Provided  that  no  order  shall  be  made  under  this  section  unless  the  person  has  at  some  time  been  arrested  in connection with such investigation or proceeding.]

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