<section class="akn-section" id="section_291">
<section class="akn-subsection" id="section_291.1"><span class="akn-num"><a href="/doc/528905/">(1)</a></span><span class="akn-content"><span class="akn-p">The deposition of a Civil Surgeon or other medical witness, taken and attested by a Magistrate in the presence of the accused, or taken on commission under this Chapter, may be given in evidence in any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Code, although the deponent is not called as a witness.</span></span></section><section class="akn-subsection" id="section_291.2"><span class="akn-num"><a href="/doc/522651/">(2)</a></span><span class="akn-content"><span class="akn-p">The Court may, if it thinks fit, and shall, on the application of the prosecution or the accused, summon and examine any such deponent as to the subject-matter of his deposition.</span><div class="akn--table-container"><table class="akn-table" data-eid="chp_XXIII__sec_291__subsec_2__table_1" id="chp_XXIII__sec_291__subsec_2__table_1"><tbody><tr class="akn-tr"><td class="akn-td"><span class="akn-p">GUJARAT.- In the principal Act, in Section 291, in sub-Section (1), after the words "in the presence of accused", the words "or as the case may be through the medium of Electronic Video Linkage" shall be inserted. [Gujarat Act No. 31 of 2017, section 291]</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></span></section></section>

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Deposition of medical witness.