Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 [Repealed] Section 7 - Bare Act

¹[7. Offences to be cognizable for certain purposes.--

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), shall apply to offences under this Act as if they were cognizable offences--

(a) for the purpose of investigation of such offences; and

(b) for the purposes of matters other than (i) matters referred to in section 42 of that Code, and (ii) the arrest of a person without a warrant or without an order of a Magistrate.]

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1. Inserted by Act 2 of 1978, Section 3 (w.e.f. 2-10-1978).