Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter XXIV: Attendance of Persons Confined or Detained in Prisons
Section 306: Power to issue commission for examination of witness in prison
In plain words
These rules do not limit the court's power under section 319 to issue a commission to examine a prisoner as a witness in the prison, under the usual commission procedure.
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Official text
The provisions of this Chapter shall be without prejudice to the power of the Court to issue, under section 319, a commission for the examination, as a witness, of any person confined or detained in a prison; and the provisions of Part B of Chapter XXV shall apply in relation to the examination on commission of any such person in the prison as they apply in relation to the examination on commission of any other person.
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Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 12 September 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 306
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