Criminal Manual 168 — Section

Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977

Statutory text

(1) In pursuance of clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 508-A of the Criminal Procedure Code, V of 1898, the Central Government has specified for the purpose of Sub-section (1) of the said Section the following courts:-

1. The Court of Deputy Commissioner of the United Khasi-Jaintia Hills District, Shillong.

2. The Court of the Deputy Commissioner of the Garo Hills, District Tura.

3. The Court of the Deputy Commissioner of the United District of Mikir and North Cachar-Hills, Diphu.

(2) In pursuance of Sub-section (2) of section 504 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898) the Central Government has specified the following officers in the autonomous districts in the State of Assam specified in part A of the Table appended to paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, to which the said Code does not extend, as the Officers to whom commissions for the examination of witnesses residing within the local limits of their respective jurisdiction shall be directed, namely:—

1. Deputy Commissioner, United Khasi and Jaintia Hills, Shillong.

2. Deputy Commissioner, Garo Hills, Tura.

3. Deputy Commissioner, United Districts of Mikir and North Cachar Hills, Diphu.

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