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Viewing
158.(1) The Magistrate, during trial, may view the place wherein the
offence is alleged to have been committed, or view any other
place, where he deems the same necessary for completing the
evidence.
(2) Viewing shall be conducted, in the presence of the accused and
the witnesses the attendence of whom the Magistrate deems fit .
Any statements, or explanations, delivered by the accused, or
the witnesses, shall be taken, in the viewed place.
Representatives of the prosecution and defense may attend
upon conducting viewing.
Commission to take evidence
159.(1) The court may dispense with attendance of any witness, by the
referring hearing his evidence, to another Magistrate, within the
limits of whose jurisdiction the witness resides, where the court
deems that attendance of the witness is not possible, without
delay, hardship or incurring of excessive expenses.
(2) The court may refer hearing of testimony, by sending, to the
other Magistrate, any written interrogatories, relating to the
matters submitted before it, to be presented by the
representative of prosecution, or defense, or prepared thereby ,
to be addressed to the witness.
(3) The representative of the prosecution, the accused and his
agent may attend, before the other Magistrate, and examine and
cross-examine the witness.
Evidence taken abroad
160.
Where attendance, by the witness, who is present outside the
Sudan, is not possible, before the court, or where the court
deems, for substantive reasons, that it is inappropriate to
summon him, it may, after hearing the representatives of the
prosecution and defense, dispense with attendance of such
witness, and send, in lieu of the same, written interrogatories,
for him to reply, and the witness shall answer the questions, in
such manner, as the court may order.
161.
After executing the procedure issued under the provisions of
sections 159 and 160, every record, or attestation of the
testimony of the witness, who has been interrogated, shall be
sent to the court, which shall allow the representatives of the
prosecution and defense to peruse the same, and deem it as part
of the record of trial, subject to any reasonable objection.
Return of record of testimony
Testimony of a physician and an expert
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