1 138. Power of High Court to require evidence to be recorded in English
(1) The 2 [High Court] may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct with respect to any Judge specified in the notification, or falling under a description set forth therein, that evidence in cases in which an appeal is allowed shall be taken down by him in the English language and in manner prescribed.
(2) Where a Judge is prevented by any sufficient reason from complying with a direction under sub-section (1), he shall record the reason and cause the evidence to be taken down in writing from his dictation in open Court.
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1. For section 138, as applicable to Assam, see the Civil Procedure (Assam Amendment) Act, 1941 (Assam Act 2 of 1941), section 2.
2. Substituted by Act 4 of 1914, section 2 and Schedule, Pt. I, for "L.G.".