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Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act (No. 6 of 1964) - Sect 12

Amendment of section 406 of the principal enactment. [ 2, 25 of 1961.]

12. Section 406 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows : -
(1) in the marginal note to that section, by the substitution, for the words " Government Radiologist receivable", of the words " Government Radiologist or Government medical officer receivable " ;
(2) in subsection (3) of that section- (a) by the substitution, for the words " skiagraph, may be used", of the words " skiagraph, or any document purporting to be a report (other than a report upon a skiagraph) under the hand of a Government medical officer upon any person, matter or thing examined by such Government medical officer, may be used " ; and (b) by the substitution, in the proviso to that subsection, for the words " so needed. ", of the words " so needed, or of proving the identity of the person, matter or thing examined by such Government medical officer with the person, matter or thing in respect of whom or which his report is so needed.";
(3) in subsection (4) of that section, by the substitution, for the expression " the Government medical officer or other medical witness referred to in subsection (1) ", of the expression " the Government medical officer referred to in subsection (1) or subsection (3) or other medical witness referred to in subsection (1) " ; and
(4)in subsection (5) of that section, by the substitution, for the words "or Government Analyst", of the words " or Government medical officer or Government Analyst".


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