Chapter VIII - RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN CERTAIN MATTERS AND PROCEDURE FOR ATTACHMENT AND FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY (From Section 111 to Section 124)
Appellate power to admit additional evidence: courts may take or direct evidence while preserving accused's presence rights. Appellate courts may, if additional evidence is necessary, record reasons and either take that evidence themselves or direct a Magistrate or, where applicable, a Court of Session or Magistrate to take it; evidence taken by a lower forum must be certified to the Appellate Court, after which the Court proceeds to dispose of the appeal. The accused or the accused's advocate has the right to be present and the taking of evidence follows the inquiry procedure of Chapter XXV.
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Appellate power to admit additional evidence: courts may take or direct evidence while preserving accused's presence rights.
Appellate courts may, if additional evidence is necessary, record reasons and either take that evidence themselves or direct a Magistrate or, where applicable, a Court of Session or Magistrate to take it; evidence taken by a lower forum must be certified to the Appellate Court, after which the Court proceeds to dispose of the appeal. The accused or the accused's advocate has the right to be present and the taking of evidence follows the inquiry procedure of Chapter XXV.
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