Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 556

556. (1) In every inquiry into cases of forgery of writings, the document averred to be false, shall, as soon as it is produced, be numbered on every page, and there shall be drawn up a procès- verbal of the material state of such document and of its production. (2) The procès-verbal shall describe every cancellation, addition or interlineation contained in any such document, and any other circumstance which may point to the alteration of the document. (3) The document averred to be false as well as the procès- verbal when it has been drawn up, shall be signed, and on every page countersigned by the inquiring magistrate, by the registra r, and also, where practi cable, by the witnesse s and experts emplo yed at the inquiry. (4) The inquiring magistrate may, instead of drawing up the procès-verbal referred to in this article, order that a photostatic copy of the document averred to be false be made by a person appointed by him for such purpose which copy shall be kept in t he custody of the registrar. The registrar shall produce such copy whenever requested by any court of criminal justice. Procedure to be followed in connection with the production of the document averred to be false.