GOVERNMENT OF KERALAM

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (g) of sub-section (4) of section 329 of

the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, (Central Act No. 46 of 2023), the Government of

Keralam, hereby specify the following officers as scientific experts for the purposes of the said

section, namely :-

1. The Chief Forest Veterinary Officer of Kerala Forest Department ;

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2. The Forest Veterinary Officer of Kerala Forest Department ;

3. The Head, Wildlife Forensic Unit, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur ;

4. The Assistant Forest Veterinary Officer, Centre for Wildlife Research and Forensic Lab,

Wayanad ;

5. The Assistant Forest Veterinary Officer, Elephant Rehabilitation Centre, Kottur ;

6. The Assistant Forest Veterinary Officer, Punalur ;

7. The Assistant Forest Veterinary Officer, Konni ;

8. The Assistant Forest Veterinary Officer, Kottayam ;

9. The Assistant Forest Veterinary Officer, Abhayaranyam,Kaprikkad;

10. The Assistant Forest Veterinary Officer, Thekkady ;

11. The Assistant Forest Veterinary Officer, Munnar ;

12. The Assistant Forest Veterinary Officer, Chalakkudy/Thrissur Zoological Park ;

13. The Assistant Forest Veterinary Officer, Thrissur ;

14. The Assistant Forest Veterinary Officer, Palakkad ;

15. The Assistant Forest Veterinary Officer, Nilambur ;

16. The Assistant Forest Veterinary Officer, Kozhikode ;

17. The Assistant Forest Veterinary Officer, Kannur ;

18. The Assistant Forest Veterinary Officer, Parambikulam.

By order of the Governor,

K BIJU I A S

SECRETARY

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Explanatory Note

(This does not form part of the notification, but is intended to indicate its general purport.)

Section 329 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, (Central Act 46 of 2023)

provides that any document purporting to be a report under the hand of a given Government

Scientific Expert to whom this section applies, upon any matter or thing duly submitted to him

for examination or analysis and report in the course of any proceeding under this Sanhita, may be

used as evidence in any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this sanhita.

Clause (g) of sub-section (4) of section 329 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

empowers the State Government to specify any other scientific expert, other than those

government scientific experts under clauses (a) to (f), by notification, for the purpose of section

329 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Therefore, Government have decided to

specify the above stated officers as scientific experts as per clause (g) of sub-section (4) of

section 329 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023. Hence the notification.

The notification is intended to achieve the above object.

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