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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Police Act, 1861 Section 43

Plea That Act Was Done Under Warrant

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Police Act, 1861 Section 43 is part of Police Act, 1861 - Plea That Act Was Done Under Warrant. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

When any action or prosecution shall be brought or any proceedings held against any police-officer for any act done by him in such capacity, it shall be lawful for him to plead that such act was done by him under the authority of a warrant issued by a Magistrate.

Such plea shall be proved by the production of the warrant directing the act, and purporting to be signed by such Magistrate and the defendant shall thereupon be entitled to a decree in his favour, notwithstanding any defect of jurisdiction in such Magistrate.No proof of the signature of such Magistrate shall be necessary, unless the Court shall see reason to doubt its being genuine:

Proviso.- Provided always that any remedy which the party may have against the authority issuing such warrant shall not be affected by anything contained in this section.

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Section Section 43 of the Police Act, 1861 (Plea That Act Was Done Under Warrant) is reproduced on this page as part of the Police Act, 1861. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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