Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Part VIII · Special Proceedings
338. Evidence and finding to be recorded
Feedback & supportThe Magistrate holding an inquiry under this Chapter shall record the evidence and his finding thereon and shall immediately transmit to the Public Prosecutor the original of such evidence and finding duly authenticated by his signature or a copy of such evidence and finding certified under his hand as correct.
inquiry
“inquiry” includes every inquiry conducted under this Code before a Magistrate;
The place in which any inquiry of death under this Chapter is held shall be a place open to the public. But a Magistrate conducting an inquiry of death may, on special grounds of public policy or expediency, in his discretion, exclude the public or any person or
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persons in particular at any stage of the inquiry from the place in which the inquiry is being held.