Section 18Written examinations of complainants

s. 18

18. Written examinations of complainants When the first or only examination of a person who complains of the offence of wrongful confinement, or of wrongful restraint, or of any offence other than an offence for which police-officers may arrest without a warrant, and who has not already presented a petition on which a fee has been levied - under this Act, is reduced to writing under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, the complainant shall pay a fee of [fifty paisa] unless the Court thinks fit to remit such payment.

1. 15. The words “fifty paisa” were substituted, for the words “eight annas” by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).