RECORDING OF STATEMENTS BEFORE MAGISTRATE

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The Law Commission has recommended recording of statements of important witnesses in the presence of a Magistrate.

The Report of the Law Commission after it is laid in the Parliament, would be processed in consultation with State Governments as the Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure are on the concurrent list of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. It is, however, not feasible to fix any timeframe for this.

This information was given by the Union Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley in a written reply to a question from Shri Amar Singh in the Rajya Sabha today.