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| (1) Every inquirer or officer in charge of a police station shall issue to every accused person or his attorney-at-law who applies for it a duly certified copy of the first information relating to the commission of the offence with which he is charged and of any statement made by the person against whom or in respect of whom the accused is alleged to have committed an offence. |
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| (2) In every proceedings under this Code the production of a certified copy of any information or statement obtained under subsection (1) shall be prima facie evidence of the fact that such information was given or that such statement was made to the inquirer or police officer by whom it was recorded; and notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, it shall not be necessary to call such inquirer or officer as a witness solely for the purpose of producing such certified copy. |
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| (3) In the course of a trial in a Magistrate's Court, the Magistrate may, in the interests of justice, make available to the accused or his attorney-at-law for perusal in open court the statement recorded under section 110 of any witness whose evidence is relied on by the prosecution in support of the charge against the accused. |
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