CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973 (CrPC)

No: 2 OF 1974 Dated: Jan, 25 1974

CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973 (CrPC)

ACT NO. 2 OF 1974

[25th January, 1974]

1. Short title, extent and commencement - (1) This Act may be called the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

(2) It extends to the whole of India [The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10- 2019)] :

Provided that the provisions of this Code, other than those relating to Chapters VIII, X and XI thereof, shall not apply -

(a) to the State of Nagaland,

(b) to the tribal areas,

but the concerned State Government may, by notification apply such provisions or any of them to the whole or part of the State of Nagaland or such tribal areas, as the case may be, with

such supplemental, incidental or consequential modifications, as may be specified in the notification.

Explanation - In this section, “tribal areas” means the territories which immediately before the 21st day of January, 1972, were included in the tribal areas of Assam, as referred to in

paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, other than those within the local limits of the municipality of Shillong.

(3) It shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 1974.

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