Chapter VIII - RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN CERTAIN MATTERS AND PROCEDURE FOR ATTACHMENT AND FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY (From Section 111 to Section 124)
Power to require attendance of prisoners: courts may order prisoner production for charges or witness testimony, subject to judicial countersignature. Power to require attendance of prisoners empowers a Criminal Court to order the officer in charge of a prison to produce a detained person to face a charge or to be examined as a witness in proceedings under this Sanhita. Orders issued by a Magistrate of the second class require countersignature by the Chief Judicial Magistrate and must be accompanied by a statement of facts; the Chief Judicial Magistrate may decline to countersign after considering that statement.
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Power to require attendance of prisoners: courts may order prisoner production for charges or witness testimony, subject to judicial countersignature.
Power to require attendance of prisoners empowers a Criminal Court to order the officer in charge of a prison to produce a detained person to face a charge or to be examined as a witness in proceedings under this Sanhita. Orders issued by a Magistrate of the second class require countersignature by the Chief Judicial Magistrate and must be accompanied by a statement of facts; the Chief Judicial Magistrate may decline to countersign after considering that statement.
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