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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Ports Act, 1908 Section 61

Conviction to be quashed on merits only

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Ports Act, 1908 Section 61 is part of Ports Act, 1908 - Conviction to be quashed on merits only. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1 ) No conviction, order or judgment of any Magistrate under this Act shall be quashed for error of form or procedure, but only on the merits, and it shall not be necessary to state, on the face of the conviction, order or judgment, the evidence on which it proceeds. (2) If no jurisdiction appears on the face of the conviction, order or judgment, but the depositions taken supply that defect, the conviction, order or judgment shall be aided by what so appears in the depositions

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What does Ports Act, 1908 Section 61 provide?

Section Section 61 of the Ports Act, 1908 (Conviction to be quashed on merits only) is reproduced on this page as part of the Ports Act, 1908. 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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