Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988

Section - 22 - The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to apply subject to certain modifications

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to apply subject to certain modifications

22. The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), shall in their application to any proceeding in relation to an offence punishable under this Act have effect as if,-

(a)-in sub-section (1) of section 243, for the words "The accused shall then be called upon", the words "The accused shall then be required to give in writing at once or within such time as the court may allow, a list of the persons (if any) whom he proposes to examine as his witnesses and of the documents (if any) on which he proposes to rely and he shall then be called upon" had been substituted;
(b)-in sub-section (2) of section 309, after the third proviso, the following proviso had been inserted, namely:-
-"Provided also that the proceeding shall not be adjourned or postponed merely on the ground that an application under section 397 has been made by the party to the proceeding.";
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