Title : Power of Government to Abandon Prosecution and to Allow Accuser to Continue It
State : Central
Year : 1850
At any subsequent stage of the proceedings, the Government may, if it think fit abandon the prosecution, and in such case may, if it think fit, on the application of the accuser, allow him to continue the prosecution, if he is desirous of so doing, on his furnishing such security as is hereinbefore mentioned. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Powers of Commissioners. their Protection. Service of their Process. Powers of Court, Etc., Acting Under Commission
State : Central
Year : 1850
The Commissioners shall have the same power of punishing contempts and obstructions to their proceedings, as is given to Civil and Criminal Courts by 1 [the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898], and shall have the same powers for the summons of witnesses, and for compelling the production of documents, and for the discharge of their duty under the commission, and shall be entitled to the same protection as the Zila and City Judges, except that all process to cause the attendance of witnesses or other compulsory process, shall be served through and executed by the Zila or City Judge in whose jurisdiction the witness or other person resides, on whom the process is to be served, and if he resides within Calcutta, Madras or Bombay, then through the Supreme Court of Judicature thereto. When the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Penalty for Disobedience to Process
State : Central
Year : 1850
All persons disobeying any lawful process issued as aforesaid for the purpose of the commission shall be liable to the same penalties as if the same had issued originally from the Court or other authority through whom it is executed. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Prosecutor's right of address
State : Central
Year : 1850
The prosecutor shall then be entitled to address the commissioners in explanation of the articles of charge, and of the evidence by which they are to be proved : his address shall not be recorded. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Evidence for Prosecution and Examination of Witnesses, Re-examination by Prosecutor
State : Central
Year : 1850
The oral and documentary evidence for the prosecution shall then be exhibited; the witnesses shall be examined by or on behalf of the prosecutor and may be cross-examined by or on behalf of the person accused. The prosecutor shall be entitled to re-examine the witnesses on any points on which they have been cross-examined, but not on any new matter, without leave of the commissioners, who also may put such questions as they think fit. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power to admit or call for new evidence for prosecution. Accused's right to adjournment
State : Central
Year : 1850
If it shall appear necessary before the close of the case for the prosecution, the commissioners may in their discretion allow the prosecutor to exhibit evidence not included in the list given to the person accused, or may themselves call for new evidence; and in such case the person accused shall be entitled to have, if he demands it, an adjournment of the proceedings for three clear days, before the exhibition of such new evidence exclusive of the day of adjournment and of the day to which the proceedings are adjourned. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Defence of Accused. to Be Recorded Only when Written
State : Central
Year : 1850
When the case for the prosecution is closed, the person accused shall be required to make his defence, orally or in writing; it shall be recorded, after being openly read, and in that case a copy shall be given at the same time to the prosecutor. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Evidence for Defence and Examination of Witnesses
State : Central
Year : 1850
The evidence for the defence shall then be exhibited, and the witness examined, who shall be liable to cross-examination and re-examination and to examination by the commissioners according to the like rules as the witnesses for the prosecution. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Examination of Witnesses and Evidence by Prosecutor [Repealed]
State : Central
Year : 1850
[Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1876 (12 of 1876), Section 1 and Schedule, part I.] View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Notes of Oral Evidence
State : Central
Year : 1850
The Commissioners or some person appointed by them shall take notes in English of all oral evidence, which shall be read aloud to each witness by whom the same was given, and, if necessary, explained to him in the language in which it was given, and shall be recorded with the proceedings. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section