State · Assam

Section 57 of The ASSAM FRONTIER (ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE) REGULATION,1945

In criminal cases betbre the [Deputy Comlrissioner]1, [Assistant Corffnissioner]':, oaths shall be administered to all witnesses when the accused is charged with murder, butnot in other cases unless either party so require or the Court so determines,

Oaths

(2)In civil suits before the lDeputy Commissioner]r [Assistant Commissioner]2 oaths shall not be administered to parties or witnesses inless eitherparty so requires, or the Court so determines.
(3)When an oath is administered, ir shall be in the manner which the Court considers most binding on the conscience of the person marking it.

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56PreviousSection 56 69 58NextSection 58 Any person who gives false evidence in any criminal case or civil suit, whether as a party or a witness, and whether after an oath bas been administered to him or otherwise. shall be deemed to have given false evidence within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.