CrPC Section 294

BNSS Section 329— Reports of certain Government scientific experts.

Effective for any FIR, charge sheet, or filing on or after 1 July 2024. Matters that arose before that date continue under the CrPC.

Reports by specified Government scientific experts on matters submitted to them for examination or analysis in the course of proceedings may be used as evidence without formal proof. The Court may summon such an expert, who may depute a responsible and conversant officer to attend in his place if he cannot personally appear (unless the Court directs personal attendance). The section lists the categories of experts to whom it applies, including Chemical Examiners, the Chief Controller of Explosives, Directors of Finger Print Bureaus and Forensic Science Laboratories, the Serologist to the Government, and others notified by the State or Central Government.