Jammu and Kashmir Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1958

No: 3 Dated: Mar, 20 1958

Jammu and Kashmir State Ranbir Penal Code, 1989 (1932 A.D.)

CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973 (CrPC)

THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR CRIMINAL LAW AMEMDMENT ACT, 1958

(Act No. III of 1958)

An Act further to amend the Jammu and Kashmir State Ranbir Penal Code, 1989 and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1989 and to provide for a more speedy trail of certain offences.

Be it enacted by the Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature in the Ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows :––

1. Short title.– This Act may be called the Jammu and Kashmir Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1958.

2. Amendment of section 165, Act XII of 1989.– In section 165 of the Jammu and Kashmir State Ranbir Penal Code, 1989, (hereinafter referred to as the said Act) for the words “simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years” the words “imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years” shall be substituted.

3. Insertion of new section 165-A in Act XII of 1989.– After section 165 of the said Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely :––

“165-A. Punishment for abetment of offences defined in section 161 or section 165.––Whoever abets any offence punishable under section 161 or section 165, whether or not that offence is committed in consequence of the abetment, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.”

4. Amendment of section 164, Act XXIII of 1989.– In sub-section (1) of section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1989, after the words “under the Chapter”, the words “or under any other law for the time being in force” shall be inserted.