First Schedule · Order 16A
Attendance of Witnesses Confined or Detained in Prisons
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- Rule 1: Definitions
- Rule 2: Power to require attendance of prisoners to give evidence
- Rule 3: Expenses to be paid into Court
- Rule 4: Power of State Government to exclude certain persons from the operation of rule 2
- Rule 5: Officer in charge of prison to abstain from carrying out order in certain cases
- Rule 6: Prisoner to be brought to Court in custody
- Rule 7: Power to issue commission for examination of witness in prison
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