Procedure in regard to such evidence when completed
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Summary
When a witness's evidence is completed it must be read over to the witness in the presence of the accused or the witness's pleader, and corrected if necessary. If the witness denies any part, the magistrate or presiding Judge may note the objection and add remarks instead of altering the record. If the record is in a language the witness does not understand, it must be interpreted into the language in which the evidence was given or one the witness understands.
Example
Ravi, a shopkeeper, finishes giving his testimony. The magistrate reads the record back to him in the presence of the accused and Ravi objects to one sentence as incorrect. The magistrate makes a memorandum of Ravi's objection and adds a remark instead of changing the entry. If the record had been in a language Ravi did not understand, it would be interpreted into the language he used when giving evidence.
Bare Act
Enacted text(1) As the evidence of each witness taken under section 275 or section 276 is completed, it shall be read over to him in the presence of the accused, if in attendance, or of his pleader, if he appears by pleader, and shall, if necessary, be corrected.
(2) If the witness denies the correctness of any part of the evidence when the same is read over to him, the magistrate or presiding Judge may, instead of correcting the evidence, make a memorandum thereon of the objection made to it by the witness and shall add such remarks as he thinks necessary.
(3) If the record of the evidence is in a language different from that in which it has been given and the witness does not understand that language, the record shall be interpreted to him in the language in which it was given, or in a language which he understands.
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