Chapter VII FACILITATION OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Good Samaritan and Medical Professional is in attendance in Court as a witness, the examination- in-chief and cross-examination, to the extent possible, shall be conducted on the same day.

1. (2) The examination-in-chief and cross-examination of the Good Samaritan shall be completed in not more than three hearings, except for special reasons recorded in writing by the court.
2. (3) Where a Good Samaritan or Medical Professional, as the case may be attends the Court as a witness, no adjournment or postponement shall be granted, except for special reasons to be recorded in writing.
3. (4) The terms on which such an adjournment or postponement is granted may also include, in appropriate cases, the payment of exemplary costs by the prosecution or the accused, as the case may be:

Remuneration of reasonable expenses to Good Samaritan.- Not withstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law for the time being in force or any agreement, award, judgment, decree, rule, regulation or other instrument for the time being in force,-

1. (i) the Court shall order for payment of remuneration, on the part of the Government, of the reasonable expenses incurred by a Good Samaritan who is a witness attending Court for the purposes of any inquiry, trial or other proceeding before the Court;
2. (ii) such reasonable expenses shall take into consideration the actual cost of transportation and the loss of daily wage of the Good Samaritan, subject to a minimum of rupees one hundred per day or such higher amount, as may be prescribed by the Government from time to time;
3. (iii) the order of remuneration of reasonable expenses shall be passed by the Court on the day the Good Samaritan attends the Court and be paid to him on the same day: Provided that such order of payment of reasonable expenses shall be made for every day that

the Good Samaritan in attendance, including when an adjournment or postponement is granted.