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 examine accused: court may question without oath; answers admissible and silence not punishable. Section 351 authorises the Court to question the accused at any stage to allow personal explanation of evidence; the Court must question him after prosecution witnesses and before his defence unless personal attendance is dispensed with in a summons case. No oath is administered; the accused cannot be punished for refusing to answer or for giving false answers. Answers may be considered in the same trial and used in other proceedings. The Court may take help from prosecutor and defence counsel in preparing questions and may accept a written statement from the accused as compliance.
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Power to examine accused: court may question without oath; answers admissible and silence not punishable.
Section 351 authorises the Court to question the accused at any stage to allow personal explanation of evidence; the Court must question him after prosecution witnesses and before his defence unless personal attendance is dispensed with in a summons case. No oath is administered; the accused cannot be punished for refusing to answer or for giving false answers. Answers may be considered in the same trial and used in other proceedings. The Court may take help from prosecutor and defence counsel in preparing questions and may accept a written statement from the accused as compliance.
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