Coroners Act : CORONER TO TAKE DOWN EVIDENCE IN WRITING Indian Bare Acts :

Coroners Act ,1871

Act No : 4

Section : CORONER TO TAKE DOWN EVIDENCE IN WRITING

SECTION 20: CORONER TO TAKE DOWN EVIDENCE IN WRITING

- The Coroner shall commit to writing the material parts of the evidence given to the jury, and shall read or cause to be read over such parts to the witness and then procure his signature thereto. Witnesses to sign depositions. Any witnesses refusing so to sign shall be deemed to have committed an offence under Section 180 of the Indian Penal Code.-Coroner to subscribe depositions. Every such deposition shall be subscribed by the Coroner. Coroner a Magistrate.

18[For the purposes of Section 26 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872-, a Coroner shall be deemed to be a Magistrate.]

State Amendments

Maharashtra: For Section 20, substitute the following:

20. Mode of recording evidence.-

(1) The evidence given to the jury shall be recorded in the manner prescribed in Section 356 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898.

(2) For the purpose of this section the Coroner shall be deemed to be a Magistrate. Bom. Act 13 of 1930, Section 2.