Chapter VIII - RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN CERTAIN MATTERS AND PROCEDURE FOR ATTACHMENT AND FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY (From Section 111 to Section 124)
Right to call defence witnesses: magistrate must issue process for attendance and production unless application is vexatious. Section 266 requires the accused to enter defence and produce evidence; written statements filed by the Magistrate; upon application the Magistrate shall issue process to compel witness attendance or production of documents unless the application is for vexation, delay, or to defeat justice and that ground is recorded; prior cross examination precludes compulsion unless necessary for the ends of justice; examination may be by audio video means at a designated place; Magistrate may require deposit for reasonable witness expenses before summoning.
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Right to call defence witnesses: magistrate must issue process for attendance and production unless application is vexatious.
Section 266 requires the accused to enter defence and produce evidence; written statements filed by the Magistrate; upon application the Magistrate shall issue process to compel witness attendance or production of documents unless the application is for vexation, delay, or to defeat justice and that ground is recorded; prior cross examination precludes compulsion unless necessary for the ends of justice; examination may be by audio video means at a designated place; Magistrate may require deposit for reasonable witness expenses before summoning.
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