CrPC 287BNSS 322

What changed

• The word "pleader" is replaced by "advocate".
• "as the case may be" excluded.

Drafting-ready

Under Section 322 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 287 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973)...

Bare act text — BNSS 322

322. Parties may examine witnesses.—(1) The parties to any proceeding under this Sanhita in which a commission is issued may respe ctively forward any interrogatories in writing which the Court or Magistrate directing the commission may think relevant to the issue, and it shall be lawful for the Magistrate, Court or officer to whom the commission, is directed, or to whom the duty of e xecuting it is delegated, to examine the witness upon such interrogatories. (2) Any such party may appear before such Magistrate, Court or Officer by an advocate, or if not in custody, in person, and may examine, cross-examine and re-examine the said witness.