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TypeBare Act JurisdictionDelhi Government

The Code of Criminal Procedure Act Section 97

Search for persons wrongfully confined.—If any District Magistrate, Sub-divisional Magistrate or Magistrate of the

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The Code of Criminal Procedure Act Section 97 is part of The Code of Criminal Procedure Act - Search for persons wrongfully confined.—If any District Magistrate, Sub-divisional Magistrate or Magistrate of the. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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97. Search for persons wrongfully confined.—If any District Magistrate, Sub-divisional Magistrate or Magistrate of the first class has reason to believe that any person is confined under such circumstances that the confinement amounts to an offence, he may issue a search-warrant, and the person to whom such warrant is directed may search for the person so confined; and such search shall be made in accordance therewith, and the person, if found, shall be immediately taken before a Magistrate, who shall make such order as in the circumstances of the case seems proper.

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Section Section 97 of the The Code of Criminal Procedure Act (Search for persons wrongfully confined.—If any District Magistrate, Sub-divisional Magistrate or Magistrate of the) is reproduced on this page as part of the The Code of Criminal Procedure Act. 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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