Criminal Procedure Code 197 Deposition of medical witness 397. The High Court if satisfied that grave inconvenience would otherwise be caused may, if it thinks fit, allow the deposition of a Government Medical Officer or other medical witness taken and attested by a Magistrate in the presence of the accused to be given in evidence in any trial before such Court although the deponent is not called as a witness. 398. (Deleted by Act A908). Reports of certain persons 399. (1) Any document purporting to be a report under the hand of any of the persons mentioned in subsection (2) upon any person, matter or thing examined or analysed by him or any document purporting to be a report under the hand of the Registrar of Criminals upon any matter or thing relating to finger impressions submitted to him for report may be given in evidence in any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Code unless that person or Registrar shall be required to attend as a witness— (a) by the Court; or (b) by the accused, in which case the accused shall give notice to the Public Prosecutor not less than three clear days before the commencement of the trial: Provided always that in any case in which the Public Prosecutor intends to give in evidence any such report he shall deliver a copy of it to the accused not less than ten clear days before the commencement of the trial. (2) The following are persons to whom the provisions of this section apply: (a) officers of the Institute for Medical Research; (b) *Government Medical Officers; *NOTE—Medical Officers of the Armed Forces to be regarded as Government Medical Officers, for the purpose of inquiries into deaths and evidence under the Criminal Procedure Code—see L.N. 198/1952.