Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898

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The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 was the primary procedural law governing criminal trials and investigations in British India and, later, independent India until it was replaced by the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of the Imperial Legislative Council ⓘ
criminal procedure code ⓘ
statute ⓘ
appliedIn Courts of Session in British India ⓘ
High Courts in British India ⓘ
Magistrates’ courts in British India ⓘ
appliesTo appeals in criminal cases ⓘ
arrest procedures ⓘ
bail proceedings ⓘ
criminal investigations ⓘ
criminal trials ⓘ
inquiries into offences ⓘ
search and seizure procedures ⓘ
sessions trials ⓘ
trial of summons cases ⓘ
trial of warrant cases ⓘ
countryOfOrigin British India ⓘ
fieldOfLaw criminal procedure ⓘ
governs committal proceedings to courts of session ⓘ
execution of criminal sentences ⓘ
inquests and inquiries into suspicious deaths ⓘ
procedures for framing of charges ⓘ
procedures for recording confessions and statements ⓘ
procedures for withdrawal and compounding of offences ⓘ
revision and reference powers of higher courts in criminal matters ⓘ
influenced Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
influencedBy English criminal procedure ⓘ
inForceUntil Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 came into force ⓘ
jurisdiction British India ⓘ
Dominion of India ⓘ
Republic of India ⓘ
linked to: India
languageOfStatute English ⓘ
legacy served as the main model for post-independence criminal procedure in India ⓘ
legalStatusInIndia repealed ⓘ
purpose to consolidate and amend the law relating to criminal procedure in British India ⓘ
regulates issue and execution of summons ⓘ
issue and execution of warrants ⓘ
maintenance proceedings under criminal jurisdiction ⓘ
mode of taking and recording evidence in criminal cases ⓘ
powers of courts of session ⓘ
powers of magistrates in criminal matters ⓘ
powers of police in criminal matters ⓘ
security for keeping the peace and good behaviour ⓘ
replaced earlier criminal procedure enactments in British India ⓘ
replacedBy Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
shortName CrPC, 1898 ⓘ

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 → repealedAct → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 ⓘ
British colonial authorities in India → legalSystem → Code of Criminal Procedure ⓘ
linked to: Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898
District Courts of Pakistan → establishedUnder → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 ⓘ
subordinate judiciary of Pakistan → governedBy → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 ⓘ
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 → shortName → CrPC, 1898 ⓘ
linked to: Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898