Chapter VIII - RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN CERTAIN MATTERS AND PROCEDURE FOR ATTACHMENT AND FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY (From Section 111 to Section 124)
Tender of pardon to accomplice enables conditional immunity to secure full disclosure and mandates witness examination and custody. Tender of pardon to an accomplice authorizes the Chief Judicial Magistrate or a Magistrate of the first class to offer conditional pardon to a person concerned in an offence to obtain full and true disclosure; the Magistrate must record reasons and acceptance, the pardoned person must be examined as a witness and detained if not on bail, and acceptance followed by examination requires commitment or transfer of the case for trial to the appropriate court without further inquiry.
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Tender of pardon to accomplice enables conditional immunity to secure full disclosure and mandates witness examination and custody.
Tender of pardon to an accomplice authorizes the Chief Judicial Magistrate or a Magistrate of the first class to offer conditional pardon to a person concerned in an offence to obtain full and true disclosure; the Magistrate must record reasons and acceptance, the pardoned person must be examined as a witness and detained if not on bail, and acceptance followed by examination requires commitment or transfer of the case for trial to the appropriate court without further inquiry.
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