Bare ActsCode of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC)

Section 1

Short title, extent and commencement

The CrPC 1973 was replaced by the BNSS 2023 (in force 2024-07-01); no verified section mapping on file for Section 1 — confirm the corresponding provision (savings: Section 531, BNSS 2023).

(1) This Act may be called the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. (2) It extends to the whole of India [x x x x]: Provided that the provisions of this Code, other than those relating to Chapters VIII, X and XI thereof, shall not apply-- (a) to the State of Nagaland, (b) to the tribal areas, but the concerned State Government may, by notification apply such provisions or any of them to the whole or part of the State of Nagaland or such tribal areas, as the case may be, with such supplemental, incidental or consequential modifications, as may be specified in the notification. Explanation.-- In this section, "tribal areas" means the territories which immediately before the 21st day of January, 1972, were included in the tribal areas of Assam, as referred to in paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, other than those within the local limits of the municipality of Shillong. (3) It shall come into force on the Ist day of April, 1974. Omitted by Act 34 of 2019. Prior to the omission it reads "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir"

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