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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Chapter 24

Title: General Provisions as to Inquiries and Trials

State: Central

Year: 1973

.....theft as a servant and acquitted. He cannot afterwards, while the acquittal remains in force, be charged with theft as a servant, or upon the same facts, with theft simply, or with criminal breach of trust. (b) A is tried for causing grievous hurt and convicted. The person injured afterwards dies. A may be tried again for culpable homicide. (c) A is charged before the Court of Session and convicted of the culpable homicide of B. A may not afterwards be tried on the same facts for the murder of B. (d) A is charged by a Magistrate of the first class with, and convicted by him of voluntarily causing hurt to B. A may not afterwards be tried for voluntarily causing grievous hurt (o B on the same facts, unless the case comes within sub-section (3) of this section. (e) A is charged by a Magistrate of the second class with, and convicted by him of, theft of property from the person of B. A may subsequently be charged with, and tried for, robbery on the same facts. (f) A, B and C are charged by a magistrate of the first class with, and convicted by him of, robbing D. A, B and C may afterwards be charged with, and tried for, dacoity on the same facts. Section 301 -.....

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 315

Title: Accused Person to Be Competent Witness

State: Central

Year: 1973

(1) Any person accused of an offence before a Criminal Court shall be a competent witness for the defence and may give evidence on oath in disproof of the charges made against him or any person charged together with him at the same trial: Provided that (a) he shall not be called as a witness except on his own request in writing; (b) his failure to give evidence shall not be made the subject of any comment by any of the parties or the Court or give rise to any presumption against himself or any person charged together with him at the same trial. (2) Any person against whom proceedings are instituted in any Criminal Court under section 98, or section 107, or section 108, or section 109, or section 110, or under Chapter IX or under Part B, Part C or Part D of Chapter X, may offer himself as a witness in such proceedings: Provided that in proceedings under section 108, section 109 or section 110, the failure of such person to give evidence shall not be made the subject or any comment by any of the parties or the Court or give rise to any presumption against him or any other person proceeded against together with him at the same inquiry.

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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Rule 1 to 18

Title: Suits by Indigent Persons

State: Central

Year: 1908

.....in opposing his application for leave to sue as an 2[indigent person]. 4g[15A. Grant of time for payment of court-fee Nothing contained in rule 5, rule 7 or rule 15 shall prevent a Court, while rejecting an application under rule 5 or refusing an application under rule 7, from granting time to the applicant to pay the requisite court-fee within such time as may be fixed by the Court or extended by it from time to time; and upon such payment and on payment of the costs referred to in 14[***] rule 15 within that time, the suit shall be deemed to have been instituted on the date on which the application for permission to sue as an indigent person was presented.] 16. Costs The costs of an application for permission to sue as an 2[an indigent person] and of an inquiry into indecency shall be costs in the suit. 4h[17. Defence by an indigent person Any defendant, who desire to plead a set-off or counter-claim, may be allowed to set up such claim as an indigent person, and the rules contained in this Order shall so far as may be, apply to him as if he were a plaintiff and his written statement were a plaint.] 4h[18. Power of Government to provide for free legal.....

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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Appendix H

Title: Miscellaneous

State: Central

Year: 1908

.....of parties as to issues to be tried (Order XIV, rule 6) (Title) whereas we, the parties in the above suit, are agreed as to the question of fact [or of law] to be decided between us and the point at issue between us is whether a claim founded on a bond, dated the ..................... day of..................... 19........./20....,and filed as Exhibit..................... in the said suit, is or is not beyond the statute of limitation (or state the point at issue whatever it may be): We therefore severally bind ourselves that, upon the finding of the Court in the negative [or affirmative] of such issue, ..................... will pay to the said ..................... the sum of Rupees ..................... (or such sum as the Court shall hold to be due thereon), and I, the said ..................... , will accept the said sum of Rupees ..................... (or such sum as the Court shall hold to be due) in full satisfaction of my claim on the bond aforesaid [or that upon such finding I, the said ..................... ., will do or abstain from doing, etc.] .....................................................................................................Plaintiff......

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Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887 Chapter IV

Title: Practice and Procedure

State: Central

Year: 1887

.....the Court the amount due from him under the decree or in pursuance of the judgment, or give [Subs. by Act 9 of 1935, s.2, for "security to the satisfaction of the Court for the performance of the decree or compliance with the judgment, as the Court may direct"] [such security for the performance of the decree or compliance with the judgment as the Court may, on a previous application made by him in this behalf, have directed]. (2) Where a person has become liable as surety under the proviso to sub-section (1), the security may be realized in manner provided by section [Subs. by Act 1 of 1926, s.2, for "253"] [145] of the Code of Civil Procedure (5 of 1908), [Ins. by s.2, ibid] [1908]. Section 18 - Trial of suits by Registrar (1) Suits cognizable by the Registrar under section 12, sub-sections (3) and (4), shall be tried by him and decrees passed therein shall be executed by him, in like manner in all respects as the Judge might try the suits, and execute the decrees, respectively. (2) The Judge may transfer to his own file, or to that of the Additional Judge if an Additional Judge has been appointed, any suit or other proceeding pending on the file of the Registrar. .....

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Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887 Section 23

Title: Return of Plaints in Suits Involving Questions of Title

State: Central

Year: 1887

(1) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing portion of this Act, when the right of a plaintiff and the relief claimed by him in a Court of Small Cases depend upon the proof or disproof of a title to immovable property or other title which such a Court cannot finally determine, the Court may at any stage of the proceedings return the plaint to be presented to a Court having jurisdiction to determine the title. (2) When a Court returns a plaint under sub-section (1), it shall comply with the provisions of the second paragraph of [See now the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act 5 of 1908), Sch. I, Order VII, rule 10] section 57 of the Code of Civil Procedure (14 of 1882) and make such order with respect to costs as it deems just, and the Court shall, for the purposes of the [See now the Indian Limitation Act, 1908 (9 of 1908)] Indian Limitation Act, 1877 (15 of 1877), be deemed to have been unable to entertain the suit by reason of a cause of a nature like to that of defect of jurisdiction.

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Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Chapter V

Title: Sanction for Prosecution and Other Miscellaneous Provisions

State: Central

Year: 1988

.....error, omission or irregularity in, the sanction required under sub-section (1), unless in the opinion of that court, a failure of justice has in fact been occasioned thereby; (b) no court shall stay the proceedings under this Act on the ground of any error, omission or irregularity in the sanction granted by the authority, unless it is satisfied that such error, omission or irregularity has resulted in a failure of justice; (c) no court shall stay the proceedings under this Act on any other ground and no court shall exercise the powers of revision in relation to any interlocutory order passed in any inquiry, trial, appeal or other proceedings. (4) In determining under sub-section (3) whether the absence of, or any error, omission or irregularity in, such sanction has occasioned or resulted in a failure of justice the court shall have regard to the fact whether the objection could and should have been raised at any earlier stage in the proceedings. Explanation. For the purposes of this section, (a) error includes competency of the authority to grant sanction; (b) a sanction required for prosecution includes reference to any requirement that the prosecution shall.....

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Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Section 21

Title: Accused Person to Be a Competent Witness

State: Central

Year: 1988

.....be asked, and if asked shall not be required to answer, any question tending to show that he has committed or been convicted of any offence other than the offence with which he is charged, or is of bad character, unless (i)the proof that he has committed or been convicted of such offence is admissible evidence to show that he is guilty of the offence with which he is charged, or (ii) he has personally or by his pleader asked any question of any witness for the prosecution with a view to establish his own good character, or has given evidence of his good character, or the nature or conduct of the defence is such as to involve imputations on the character of the prosecutor or of any witness for the prosecution, or (iii) he has given evidence against any other person charged with the same offence.

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Navy Act, 1957 Chapter XIII

Title: Procedure

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....of being summoned as a witness and should it be found that the objection has been made in good faith and that the officer is to give evidence as to facts and not merely as to character, the objection shall be allowed. Section 103 - Further objections (1) The trial judge advocate shall then ask the accused whether he has any further objections to make respecting the constitution of the court; and should the accused raise any such objection, it shall then be decided by the court, which decision shall be final and the constitution of the court-martial shall not be afterwards impeached and it shall be deemed in all respects to have been duly constituted. (2) If the accused should have no further objection to make to the constitution of the court or if any objection is disallowed, the members and the trial judge advocate shall then make an oath or affirmation in the form set out in section 104. Section 104 - Administering oath or affirmation (1) Before the court shall proceed to try the person charged, an oath or affirmation in the following form and manner shall be administered to the president and every member of the court-martial in the order of their seniority by the.....

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Navy Act, 1957 Section 131

Title: Accused Competent Witness for Defence

State: Central

Year: 1957

A person of an offence before a court-martial shall be a competent witness for the defence and may give evidence on oath in disproof of the charges made against him or any person charged together with him at the same trial : Provided that-- (a) he shall not be called as a witness except on his own request in writing or (b) his failure to give evidence shall not be made the subject of any comment by any of the parties or the court or give rise to any presumption against himself or any person charged together with him at the same trial.

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