Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

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The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 is India’s primary procedural law that governs the investigation, trial, and adjudication of criminal cases in courts across the country.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian parliamentary statute ⓘ
criminal procedure code ⓘ
actNumber 2 of 1974 ⓘ
appliesTo all criminal courts in India ⓘ
citationStyle CrPC, 1973 ⓘ
containsPart provisions relating to appeals ⓘ
provisions relating to arrest ⓘ
provisions relating to bail ⓘ
provisions relating to cognizance of offences ⓘ
provisions relating to compounding of offences ⓘ
provisions relating to evidence in inquiries and trials ⓘ
provisions relating to framing of charges ⓘ
provisions relating to judgment and sentencing ⓘ
provisions relating to limitation for taking cognizance ⓘ
provisions relating to maintenance of wives, children and parents ⓘ
provisions relating to preventive action of the police ⓘ
provisions relating to public nuisance ⓘ
provisions relating to recording of confessions and statements ⓘ
provisions relating to revisions ⓘ
provisions relating to search and seizure ⓘ
provisions relating to security for keeping the peace ⓘ
provisions relating to summary trials ⓘ
provisions relating to transfer of cases ⓘ
provisions relating to trial before Courts of Session ⓘ
provisions relating to trial before Magistrates ⓘ
country India ⓘ
dateOfCommencement 1 April 1974 ⓘ
defines classification of criminal courts in India ⓘ
powers of Courts of Session ⓘ
powers of Magistrates in criminal matters ⓘ
powers of police officers in criminal matters ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo State of Jammu and Kashmir (originally, subject to later constitutional changes) ⓘ
linked to: Jammu and Kashmir
enactedBy Parliament of India ⓘ
governs appeals in criminal matters ⓘ
execution of criminal sentences ⓘ
inquiry in criminal cases ⓘ
investigation of criminal offences ⓘ
revisions in criminal matters ⓘ
trial of criminal cases ⓘ
hasBeenAmended multiple times after 1973 ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of India ⓘ
linked to: Union of India
languageOfOfficialText English ⓘ
legalDomain criminal procedure ⓘ
purpose to consolidate and amend the law relating to criminal procedure in India ⓘ
relatedTo Indian Evidence Act, 1872 ⓘ
Indian Penal Code, 1860 ⓘ
linked to: Indian Penal Code
repealedAct Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 ⓘ
shortName CrPC ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 1973 ⓘ

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Gauhati High Court → governsUnder → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Sub-Divisional Magistrate → legalAuthorityFrom → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Madras High Court → governingLaw → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
District Magistrate → legalAuthorityFrom → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Himachal Pradesh High Court → governingLaw → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Prisons Act, 1894 → relatedTo → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Director General of Police → worksUnderFrameworkOf → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (India) ⓘ
linked to: Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 → shortName → CrPC ⓘ
linked to: Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 → citationStyle → CrPC, 1973 ⓘ
linked to: Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
District Courts in Kerala → governedBy → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Uttarakhand High Court → governingLaw → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
NIA Special Courts → procedureFollowed → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Manipur High Court → governingLaw → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Meghalaya High Court → governingLaw → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Nashik district administration → legalFramework → Code of Criminal Procedure (for executive magistracy functions) ⓘ
linked to: Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Uttar Pradesh Police → uses → Code of Criminal Procedure (India) ⓘ
linked to: Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Central Bureau of Investigation → operatesUnder → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Sub-Divisional Magistrate → legalAuthority → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
subject linked to: SDM
Principal Bench at Ahmedabad → governedBy → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Gujarat Police → legalBasis → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court → follows → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Kalaburagi Bench → governingLaw → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Orissa High Court → governingLaw → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Haryana Police → legalBasis → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
judicial branch of Government of Gujarat → usesProceduralLaw → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
district courts of Madhya Pradesh → governedBy → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
District courts of Delhi → governedBy → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Sagar Police Range → lawEnforced → Code of Criminal Procedure (India) ⓘ
linked to: Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
District and Sessions Court, Bhojpur at Ara → governingLaw → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Jammu and Kashmir Police → legalBasis → Code of Criminal Procedure (India) ⓘ
linked to: Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Punjab Police → uses → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
District Collectorate Gandhinagar → governingLaw → Code of Criminal Procedure for magisterial functions ⓘ
linked to: Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
District Collector, Bhavnagar → legalAuthority → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for executive magistracy functions) ⓘ
linked to: Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
District Magistrate of Lucknow → legalBasis → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Indian Police Act 1861 → relatedTo → Code of Criminal Procedure ⓘ
linked to: Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 → relatedTo → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Special Crimes Division of CBI → governedBy → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Economic Offences Division of CBI → subjectTo → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
District Courts of India → governedBy → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Subordinate Courts of India → governedBy → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Assam Police → lawTypeEnforced → Code of Criminal Procedure India ⓘ
linked to: Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 → replacedBy → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 → influenced → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Shajapur District Court → appliesLaw → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Guwahati Police Commissionerate → follows → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Judicial Magistrate of First Class Courts in Kerala → governedBy → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Jalpaiguri District Court → governedBy → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Rajasthan Police → legalAuthority → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Deputy Commissioner of Dibrugarh → legalBasis → Code of Criminal Procedure (executive magistracy functions) ⓘ
linked to: Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Bidhannagar City Police → lawTypeEnforced → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ