THE SIKKIM CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT, 1976 THE SIKKIM CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1976 ACT NO.3 OF 1976 An Act to declare the application of the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898) in the State of Sikkim. [29th March, 1976 WHEREAS the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Act XLV of 1860) was adopted in Sikkim by a Notification being No. 160/0.S. dated the 10th July, 1953 and WHEREAS the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898) have thereafter been followed and applied in Sikkim as the law of criminal procedure in the territories comprised in Sikkim with certain changes and modifications and WHEREAS it is expedient to declare that the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898), with certain changes and modifications, has been the law in force in the territories comprised in the State of Sikkim immediately before the commencement of the Constitution (Thirty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1975 and continues to be the law relating to criminal procedure in the State of Sikkim; It is hereby enacted as follows: Short title and commencement . 1. (1) This Act may be called the Sikkim Criminal Procedure Act 1976. (2) It shall.....
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