CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
1. Short title, extent and commencement
1. Short title, extent and commencement
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
1. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Code of Criminal
Procedure, 1973.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1***:
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 1st day of April, 1974.
STATE AMENDMENT
Haryana
In the Code of Criminal Procedure (Haryana Amendment) Act, 2014,-In section 1, after figures
“2014”, the words “as extended to the Union territory of Chandigarh” shall be inserted;
[Vide Notification No. GSR929(E) dated 16th December, 2019.]
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
1. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Bharatiya Nagarik
Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(2) The provisions of this Sanhita, other than those relating to Chapters IX, XI and XII 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 such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official
Gazette, appoint.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023