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(4) In case the Good Samaritan has volunteered to become an eye-witness, he shall
be permitted to give his evidence on affidavit in accordance with the provisions of
section 296 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974):
PROVIDED that the affidavit of the Good Samaritan, if filed, shall be treated as
complete statement, and in case a statement is to be recorded, the complete statement
shall be recorded in a single examination.
(5) In case the attendance of a Good Samaritan cannot be procured without delay,
expense or inconvenience, which under the circumstances of the case would be
unreasonable, or the examination is unable to take place at a time and place of his
convenience, the Court or the Magistrate may dispense with such attendance and may
issue a commission for the examination of the Good Samaritan in accordance with the
provisions of section 284 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to conduct the
examination, on an application made thereunder.
(6) Video conferencing shall be used extensively during examination of Good
Samaritans who choose to be eye-witnesses, in order to prevent harassment and
inconvenience to such Good Samaritans.]
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[CHAPTER X
MISCELLANEOUS
170. Setting up and Maintenance of a Portal
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(1) For bringing into effect the provisions of the Act and the Central Motor Vehicles
Rules, 1989, the portal of the Central Government shall be used by all the States from
the date of publication of this notification:
PROVIDED that State Government may use the portal maintained by the State
which shall be linked with the National Register and shall be updated on real-time basis.
(2) The Central Government may authorise the function of setting up and
maintaining any Portal, to body corporate or an agency.
Explanation : For the purpose of this rule, National Informatics Centre is the agency
authorised by the Central Government.
171. Method of Payment
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Any fee or charges for filing, creation or issue of any form or electronic document
or any receipt or payment of money on a Portal including receipt of fees under rule 32
and rule 81 and receipt of amount for compounding of offences under section 200, in
pursuance of the Act or these rules, shall be paid by means of credit card, debit card,
internet banking, money vault, UPI or any other mode as approved by the Central
Government.
172. Authentication of Documents
(1) All forms, applications and documents filed through a Portal may 172 e
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authenticated through e-signature such as Aadhaar authenticated as specified under the
provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000) or verified by any other
mode of signature or verification as notified by the Central Government such as
verification by an authorised person facilitating the submission of any form, application
or document at a Facilitation Centre.
(2) All licenses, registrations, fitness certificate, permits, sanctions, approvals and
endorsements and any other document as may be specified by the Central Government

1 Inserted vide GSR 240(E), dt. 31-3-2021, w.e.f. 1-4-2021.