Criminal Procedure Code 137 Protection of identity of witness 265c. Notwithstanding any written law to the contrary, any report through any means on a protected witness shall not reveal or contain— (a) the name; (b) the address; (c) the picture of the protected witness or any other person, place or thing which may lead to the identification of the protected witness; or (d) any evidence or any other thing likely to lead to the identification of the protected witness. Recording evidence in summons cases 266. (1) In summons cases tried before a Magistrate, the Magistrate shall, as the examination of each witness proceeds, make a note of the substance of what the witness deposes, and such note shall be written by the Magistrate with his own hand in legible handwriting and shall form part of the record. (2) If the Magistrate is prevented from making a note as required in subsection (1) he shall record the reason of his inability to do so and shall cause such note to be made in writing from his dictation in open court and shall sign the same, and such note shall form part of the record. Recording evidence in other cases 267. In all other trials before a Magistrate’s Court, and in all inquiries under Chapter XI, the evidence of each witness shall be taken down in legible handwriting by the presiding Magistrate and shall form part of the record.