Reports of Certain Government Scientific experts
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Summary
Reports signed by specified Government scientific experts about matter sent to them during a proceeding may be used as evidence in inquiries, trials or other proceedings under this Sanhita. The court may summon the expert to testify about the report. If the expert cannot attend, unless the court orders personal attendance, he may depute a responsible officer familiar with the facts to give evidence on his behalf.
Example
Rohan's shop was damaged and a cloth with possible blood was sent to the Government Chemical Examiner for analysis. The Examiner's signed report was used as evidence at trial; the court could summon the Examiner, and when he could not attend the Examiner deputed a responsible officer familiar with the facts to testify on his behalf.
Bare Act
Enacted text(1) Any document purporting to be a report under the hand of a Government scientific expert to whom this section applies, upon any matter or thing duly submitted to him for examination or analysis and report in the course of any proceeding under this Sanhita, may be used as evidence in any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Sanhita.
(2) The Court may, if it thinks fit, summon and examine any such expert as to the subject-matter of his report.
(3) Where any such expert is summoned by a Court, and he is unable to attend personally, he may, unless the Court has expressly directed him to appear personally, depute any responsible officer working with him to attend the Court, if such officer is conversant with the facts of the case and can satisfactorily depose in Court on his behalf.
(4) This section applies to the following Government scientific experts, namely:-
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(a) any Chemical Examiner or Assistant Chemical Examiner to Government;
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(b) the Chief Controller of Explosives;
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(c) the Director of the Finger Print Bureau;
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(d) the Director, Haffkeine Institute, Bombay;
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(e) the Director, Deputy Director or Assistant Director of a Central Forensic Science Laboratory or a State Forensic Science Laboratory;
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(f) the Serologist to the Government;
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(g) any other scientific expert specified or certified, by notification, by the State Government or the Central Government for this purpose.
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