Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
VII. And it is hereby enacted, that it shall be lawful for the said Judge Advocate, and he is hereby authorized and required either at the request of the party accused, or of the party making the accusation, or of the said Court, by writing under his hand to summon any person whatsoever, to attend as a witness at a time and place to be specified in such summons for the purpose of being examined at any trial before a Court constituted as aforesaid, or if such person shall be about to depart from Calcutta so as to be unable to attend at such trial without serious inconvenience, then to be examined before the President of the said Court, and any two Members of the said Court, provided always that due notice of the time and place of such examination shall be given to the person against whom a charge is about to be preferred, and provided also, that such witness may nevertheless be examined at the trial if he shall be able to attend thereat, in which case his previous examination may also be read at the trial.
" I, A. B. do swear that I will duly determine and administer Justice according to the evidence in the matter that shall be brought before me, and that I will not divulge the sentence till it shall be approved of by competent authority, neither will I at any time divulge the vote or opinion of the President, not my own vote, not that of any Member of this Court unless required to give evidence thereof as a Witness by a Court of Justice in due course of Law. So help me God."
"I, A. B., do swear that I will not upon any account whatsoever disclose or discovery any vote or opinion of the President or any particular member of this Court unless required to give evidence thereof as a witness of a Court of Justice in due course of Law. So help me God."
Source: India Code