Section 63, The Criminal Procedure Act, 2024

(1) The written statement or deposition of a medicalpractitioner or other witness, tendered or taken and attested to by a Magistrate in the presence of the defendant, may be read as evidence, although the witness medical or the deponent is not called as a witness. (2) The Court may, if it thinks fit, and on the application of either party, summon and examine the deponent as to the subject matter of his written statement or deposition. (3) This section shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other provisions of this Act.