CrPC 1 — Short title, extent and commencement

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Statutory text

(1) This  Act  may  be  called  the  Code  of  Criminal Procedure, 1973.
(2) It extends to the whole of India

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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.
STATE AMENDMENT
Haryana In the Code of Criminal Procedure (Haryana Amendment) Act, 2014,-In section 1, after figures
“2014”, the words “as extended to the Union territory of Chandigarh” shall be inserted;

[Vide Notification No. GSR929(E) dated 16
th December, 2019.]

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