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Order XVI-A CPC: Attendance Of Witnesses Confined Or Detained In Prisons

All rules of Order XVI-A (Order 16A) of the First Schedule to the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. Each rule has its own page with the official text, amendment notes and a plain-English explanation.

Also see: Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Specific Relief Act, 1963 · Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · IPC to BNS Section Converter

Order XVI-A: Attendance Of Witnesses Confined Or Detained In Prisons

  1. 1 Definitions
  2. 2 Power to require attendance of prisoners to give evidence
  3. 3 Expenses to be paid into Court
  4. 4 Power of State Government to exclude certain persons from the operation of rule 2
  5. 5 Officer in charge of prison to abstain from carrying out order in certain cases
  6. 6 Prisoner to be brought to Court in custody
  7. 7 Power to issue commission for examination of witness in prison