Recording of confessions: magistrates must ensure voluntariness and may use audio visual means with advocate present. A District Magistrate may record confessions or statements made during investigation or thereafter but before inquiry or trial; confessions can be audio video recorded in the presence of the accused's advocate, must be taken only after explaining that confession is not obligatory and upon satisfaction of voluntariness, and must be signed with a Magistrate's memorandum attesting voluntariness. Statements other than confessions are recorded as fit, may be sworn, and for specified offences must be promptly recorded with gender sensitive and disability accommodations; recorded statements of disabled persons can stand as examination in chief and permit cross examination. Recorded material must be forwarded to the trial Magistrate.