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Code
of Criminal Procedure, 1973 |
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CHAPTER I : PRELIMINARY |
| 1. |
Short
title, extent and commencement |
| 2. |
Definitions |
| 3. |
Construction
of references |
| 4. |
Trial
of offences under the Indian Penal Code and other
laws |
| 5. |
Saving |
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CHAPTER II : CONSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL
COURTS AND OFFICES |
| 6. |
Classes
of Criminal Courts |
| 7. |
Territorial
divisions |
| 8. |
Metropolitan
areas |
| 9. |
Court
of Session |
| 10. |
Subordination
of assistant Sessions Judges |
| 11. |
Courts
of Judicial Magistrates |
| 12. |
Chief
Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial
Magistrate, etc |
| 13. |
Special
Judicial Magistrates |
| 14. |
Local
Jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates |
| 15. |
Subordination
of Judicial Magistrates |
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Courts
of Metropolitan Magistrates |
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Chief
Metropolitan Magistrate and Additional Chief Metropolitan
Magistrate |
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Special
Metropolitan Magistrates |
| 19. |
Subordination
of Metropolitan Magistrates |
| 20. |
Executive
Magistrates |
| 21. |
Special
Executive Magistrates |
| 22. |
Local
Jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates |
| 23. |
Subordination
of Executive Magistrates |
| 24. |
Public
Prosecutors |
| 25. |
Assistant
Public Prosecutors |
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CHAPTER III : POWER OF COURTS |
| 26. |
Courts
by which offences are triable |
| 27. |
Jurisdiction
in the case of juveniles |
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Sentences
which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass |
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Sentences,
which Magistrates may pass |
| 30. |
Sentence
of imprisonment in default of fine |
| 31. |
Sentence
in cases of conviction of several offences at one
trial |
| 32. |
Mode
of conferring powers |
| 33. |
Powers
of officers appointed |
| 34. |
Withdrawal
of Powers |
| 35. |
Powers
of Judge and Magistrates exercisable by their successors-in-office |
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CHAPTER IV : A.- POWERS OF SUPERIOR OFFICERS
OF POLICE |
| 36. |
Powers
of superior officers of police |
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B.-AID TO THE MAGISTRATES AND THE POLICE |
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Public
when to assist Magistrates and police |
| 38. |
Aid
to person other than police officer, executing warrant |
| 39. |
Public
to give information of certain offences |
| 40. |
Duty
of officers employed in connection with the affairs
of a village to make certain report |
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CHAPTER V : ARREST OF PERSONS |
| 41. |
When
police may arrest without warrant |
| 42. |
Arrest
on refusal to give name and residence |
| 43. |
Arrest
by private person and procedure on such arrest |
| 44. |
Arrests
by Magistrate |
| 45. |
Protection
of members of the Armed Forces from arrest |
| 46. |
Arrest
how made |
| 47. |
Search
of place entered by person sought to be arrested |
| 48. |
Pursuit
of offenders into other jurisdictions |
| 49. |
No
unnecessary restraint |
| 50. |
Person
arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest and
of right to bail |
| 51. |
Search
of arrested persons |
| 52. |
Power
to seize offensive weapons |
| 53. |
Examination
of accused by medical practitioner at the request
of police officer |
| 54. |
Examination
of arrested person by medical practitioner at the
request of the arrested person |
| 55. |
Procedure
when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest
without warrant |
| 56. |
Person
arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer
in charge of police station |
| 57. |
Person
arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four
hours |
| 58. |
Police
to report apprehensions |
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Discharge
of person apprehended |
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Powers,
on escape, to pursue and re-take |
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CHAPTER VI : PROCESSES TO COMPEL APPEARANCE |
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Form
of summons |
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Summons
how served |
| 63. |
Service
of summons on corporate bodies and societies |
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Service
when persons summoned cannot be found |
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Procedure
when service cannot be effected as before provided |
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Service
on Government servant |
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Service
of summons outside local limits |
| 68. |
Proof
of service in such cases and when serving officer
not present |
| 69. |
Service
of summons on witness by post |
| 70. |
Form
of warrant of arrest and duration |
| 71. |
Power
to direct security to be taken |
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Warrants
to whom directed |
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Warrant
may be directed to stay persona |
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Warrant
directed to police officer |
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Notification
of substance of warrant |
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Person
arrested to be brought before court without delay |
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Where
warrant may be executed |
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Warrant
forwarded for execution outside jurisdictions |
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Warrant
directed to police officer for execution outside
jurisdiction |
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Procedure
of arrest of person against whom warrant issued |
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Procedure
by Magistrate before whom such person arrested is
brought |
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Proclamation
for person absconding |
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Attachment
of property of person absconding |
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Claims
and objections to attachment |
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Release,
sale and restoration of attached property |
| 86. |
Appeal
from order rejecting application for restoration
of attached property |
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Issue
of warrant in lieu of, or in addition to, summons |
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Arrest
on breach of bond for appearance |
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Provisions
of this Chapter generally applicable to summons
and warrants of arrest |
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CHAPTER VII : PROCESSES TO COMPEL THE
PRODUCTION OF THINGS |
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Summons
to produce document or other thing |
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Produce
as to letters and telegrams |
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When
search warrant may be issued |
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Search
of place suspected to contain stolen property, forged
documents, etc. |
| 95. |
Power
to declare certain publications forfeited and to
issue search warrants for the same |
| 96. |
Application
to High Court to set aside declaration of forfeiture |
| 97. |
Search
for persons wrongfully confined |
| 98. |
Power
to compel restoration of abducted females |
| 99. |
Direction,
etc., of search warrants |
| 100. |
Persons
in charge of closed place to allow search |
