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TypeBare Act JurisdictionPunjab Government

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/136646

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (1973) is Punjab state legislation published on SooperKanoon in full. Use this page to read the bare act and jump to judgments that cite it.

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Act Text

Preamble1 - Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Chapter1 - PRELIMINARY
Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Section3 - Construction of references
Section4 - Trial of offences under the Indian Penal Code and other laws
Section5 - Saving
Chapter2 - : CONSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES
Section6 - Classes of Criminal Courts
Section7 - Territorial divisions
Section8 - Metropolitan areas
Section9 - Court of Session
Section10 - Subordination of Assistant Sessions Judges
Section11 - Courts of Judicial Magistrates
Section12 - Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc. "
Section13 - Special Judicial Magistrates
Section14 - Local Jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates
Section15 - Subordination of Judicial Magistrates
Section16 - Courts of Metropolitan Magistrates
Section17 - Chief Metropolitan Magistrate and Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate
Section18 - Special Metropolitan Magistrates
Section19 - Subordination of Metropolitan Magistrates
Section20 - Executive Magistrates
Section21 - Special Executive Magistrates
Section22 - Local Jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates
Section23 - Subordination of Executive Magistrates
Section24 - Public Prosecutors
Section25 - Assistant Public Prosecutors
Chapter3 - : POWER OF COURTS
Section26 - Courts by which offences are triable
Section27 - Jurisdiction in the case of juveniles
Section28 - Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass
Section30 - Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine
Section31 - Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial
Section32 - Mode of conferring powers
Section33 - Powers of officers appointed
Section34 - Withdrawal of powers
Section35 - Powers of Judges and Magistrates exercisable by their successors-in-office
Chapter4 - : A.- POWERS OF SUPERIOR OFFICERS OF POLICE
Section36 - Powers of superior officers of police
Section37 - Public when to assist Magistrates and police
Section38 - Aid to person other than police officer, executing warrant
Section39 - Public to give information of certain offences
Section40 - Duty of officers employed in connection with the affairs of a village to make certain report
Chapter5 - : ARREST OF PERSONS
Section41 - When police may arrest without warrant
Section41B - Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest. "
Section42 - Arrest on refusal to give name and residence
Section43 - Arrest by private person and procedure on such arrest
Section44 - Arrest by Magistrate
Section45 - Protection of members of the Armed Forces from arrest
Section46 - Arrest how made
Section47 - Search of place entered by person sought to be arrested
Section48 - Pursuit of offenders into other jurisdictions
Section49 - No unnecessary restraint
Section50 - Person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest and of right to bail
Section51 - Search of arrested persons
Section52 - Power to seize offensive weapons
Section53
Section55 - Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrant
Section56 - Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station
Section57 - Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours
Section58 - Police to report apprehensions
Section59 - Discharge of person apprehended
Section60 - Powers, on escape, to pursue and re-take
Chapter6 - : PROCESSES TO COMPEL APPEARANCE
Section61 - Form of summons
Section62 - Summons how served
Section63 - Service of summons on corporate bodies and societies
Section64 - Service when persons summoned cannot be found
Section65 - Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided
Section66 - Service on Government servant
Section67 - Service of summons outside local limits
Section68 - Proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not present
Section69 - Service of summons on witness by post
Section70 - Form of warrant of arrest and duration
Section71 - Power to direct security to be taken
Section72 - Warrants to whom directed
Section73 - Warrant may be directed to any person
Section74 - Warrant directed to police officer
Section75 - Notification of substance of warrant
Section76 - Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay
Section77 - Where warrant may be executed.- A warrant of arrest may be executed at any place in India
Section78 - Warrant forwarded for execution outside jurisdiction
Section79 - Warrant directed to police officer for execution outside jurisdiction
Section80 - Procedure of arrest of person against whom warrant issued
Section81 - Procedure by Magistrate before whom such person arrested is brought
Section82 - Proclamation for person absconding
Section83 - Attachment of property of person absconding
Section84 - Claims and objections to attachment
Section85 - Release, sale and restoration of attached property
Section86 - Appeal from order rejecting application for restoration of attached property
Section87 - Issue of warrant in lieu of, or in addition to, summons
Section88 - Power to take bond for appearance
Section89 - Arrest on breach of bond for appearance
Section90 - Provisions of this Chapter generally applicable to summons and warrants of arrest
Chapter7 - : PROCESSES TO COMPEL THE PRODUCTION OF THINGS
Section91 - Summons to produce document or other thing
Section92 - Procedure as to letters and telegrams
Section93 - When search-warrant may be issued
Section94 - Search of place suspected to contain stolen property, forged documents, etc
Section95 - Power to declare certain publications forfeited and to issue search-warrants for the same
Section96 - Application to High Court to set aside declaration of forfeiture
Section97 - Search for persons wrongfully confined
Section98 - Power to compel restoration of abducted females
Section99 - Direction, etc., of search-warrants
Section100 - Persons in charge of closed place to allow search
Section101 - Disposal of things found in search beyond jurisdiction
Section102 - Power of police officer to seize certain property
Section103 - Magistrate may direct search in his presence
Section104 - Power to impound document, etc., produced
Section105 - Reciprocal arrangements regarding processes
Section54

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