BNSS · Section 318 · Chapter XXV — EVIDENCE IN INQUIRIES AND TRIALS

Record in High Court.

What this section does

Every High Court may prescribe by general rule the manner in which evidence of witnesses and examination of the accused shall be recorded in cases coming before it. Evidence and examination in High Court proceedings must be taken down in accordance with such rules as the High Court may frame.

AI-generated plain-language summary. For the binding statutory text, see India Code (official).

Procedure at a glance

Key actors: High Court

Old-law correspondence

Derived from CrPC s.283.

Read the official text

For the binding statutory text of BNSS Section 318, refer to the Gazette of India or the India Code official website.

Why this matters

BNSS Section 318 forms part of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita which replaced the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 on 1 July 2024. Any new filing, FIR, charge sheet, or bail application made on or after that date should cite the new section number. References to the old act in legacy documents remain valid for matters that arose before the changeover.