(1) Whenever, in the course of a trial by a Security Guard Court, it appears to the Court that the examination of a witness is necessary for the ends of justice, and the attendance of such witness cannot be procured without an amount of delay, expense or inconvenience which in the circumstances of the case, would be unreasonable, such Court may address the Judge Attorney-General in order that a commission to take the evidence of such witness may be issued.
(2) The Judge Attorney-General may then, if he thinks necessary, issue a commission to any Chief Judicial Magistrate or Magistrate of the first class, within the local limits of whose jurisdiction such witness resides, to take the evidence of such witness.
(3) The Magistrate or officer to whom the commission is issued, or, if he is the Chief Judicial Magistrate, he or such Magistrate of the first class as he appoints in this behalf, shall proceed to the place where the witness is, or shall summon the witness before him and shall take down his evidence in the same manner, and may for this purpose exercise the same powers, as it the trials of warrant cases under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
(4) When the witness resides in a tribal area or in any place outside India, the commission may be issued in the manner specified in Chapter XXIII-B of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.