When attendance of witness may be dispensed with and commission issued.

What this section does

A Court or Magistrate may dispense with a witness's attendance and issue a commission for examination when such examination is necessary for the ends of justice but procuring attendance would involve unreasonable delay, expense, or inconvenience. A commission is mandatory when the witness to be examined is the President or Vice-President of India, a Governor of a State, or an Administrator of a Union territory. When issuing a commission for a prosecution witness, the Court may direct the prosecution to pay a reasonable amount to cover the accused's expenses including advocate's fees.

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

Procedure at a glance

Key actors

Court · Magistrate · Witness · Prosecution · Accused · Advocate

Derived from CrPC s.284.