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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 297

Authorities Before Whom Affidavits May Be Sworn

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 297 is part of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Authorities Before Whom Affidavits May Be Sworn. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) Affidavits to be used before any Court under this Code may be sworn or affirmed before-

1[(a) any Judge or any Judicial or Executive Magistrate, or]

(b) any Commissioner of Oaths appointed by a High Court or Court of Session, or

(c) any notary appointed under the Notaries Act, 1952 (53 of 1952).

(2) Affidavits shall be confined to, and shall state separately, such facts as the deponent is able to prove from his own knowledge and such facts as he has reasonable ground to believe to be true, and in the latter case, the deponent shall clearly state the grounds of such belief.

(3) The Court may order any scandalous and irrelevant matter in the affidavit to be struck out or amended.

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1. Substituted by Act 45 of 1978, Section 22, for clause (a) (w.e.f. 18-12-1978).

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What does Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 297 provide?

Section Section 297 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Authorities Before Whom Affidavits May Be Sworn) is reproduced on this page as part of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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