Examination of witnesses on Commission

Where any criminal proceeding pending before a court in Pakistan in regard to any prisoner who has been transferred is received by a District Magistrate of any district in Union territory of Chandigarh for the examination of any witness residing in such district, the District Magistrate shall authorise for the purpose any magistrate subordinate to him, and the provisions of Chapter XL of the Code of Criminal Procedure (V of 1898) shall so far as may be apply with regard to the compliance with such letter of request: Provided that any person duly authorised in that behalf by the Government of Pakistan or by the Government of Punjab in Pakistan shall be entitled to be present at the examination of such witness.