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Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act (No. 13 of 1968) - Sect 3

Amendment of section 406 of the principal enactment

3. Section 406 of the principal enactment, as amended by Act No. 25 of 1961, is hereby further amended as follows: -
(1) in sub-section (3) of that section-
(a) by the substitution, for the words " by such Government medical officer, may be used ", of the words " by such Government medical officer, or any document purporting to be a report under the hand of the Government Examiner of Questioned Documents upon any document examined by such Government Examiner of Questioned Documents, may be used ''; and
(b) by the substitution, in the proviso to that sub-section, for the words " so needed.", of the words " so needed, or of proving the identity of the document examined by such Govern-ment Examiner of Questioned Documents with the document in respect of which his report is so needed. ";
(2) in sub-section (4) of that section-
(a) by the substitution, for the words " the Government Analyst or a Government Radiologist ", of the words " the Government Analyst or the Government Examiner of Questioned Documents or a Govern-ment Radiologist "; and
(b) by the substitution, for the words " or Government Analyst ", of the words " or Government Analyst or Government Examiner of Questioned Documents '';
(3) in sub-section (5) of that section, by the substitution, for the words " or Government Analyst ", of the words " or Government Analyst or Government Examiner of Questioned Documents "; and
(4) in the marginal note to that section, by the substitution, for the words " Government medical officer receivable ", of the words " Government medical officer or Government Examiner of Questioned Documents receivable ".


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