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Act 2 of 1974

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Read from the scanned gazette. India Code publishes no text for this Act, so this text was read from the Government's own scan by machine and split into sections by its numbering. It has not been checked against the page word by word. Where it matters, read the scan. Read the scan.

Cross-references

Extracted from the operative text of the enactments themselves. Every destination below exists in our corpus.

This section refers to

1. s. 164 Recording of confessions and statements
2. Indian Evidence Act s. 24 Confession caused by inducement, threat or promise, when irrelevant in criminal proceeding

Questions about Section 163

What does Section 163 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act deal with?

Section 163 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act is headed "No inducement to be offered". No police officer or other person in authority shall offer or make, or cause to be offered or made, any such inducement, threat or promise as is mentioned in section 24 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872).

How do I find court cases under Section 163 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act?

In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Code Criminal Procedure Act 163, section 163 Code Criminal Procedure Act, section 163 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.

What should I read with Section 163 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, and has it changed?

Its own text turns on section 164 (Recording of confessions and statements), Indian Evidence Act 24 (Confession caused by inducement, threat or promise, when irrelevant in criminal proceeding), so none of them can safely be read on its own.

When was the Code of Criminal Procedure Act enacted?

Code of Criminal Procedure Act was enacted in 1974 as Act 2 of 1974. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is no longer in force.

Other sections of this Act

• 484. Repeal and savings25553 words
• 320. Compounding of offences1305 words
• 164. Recording of confessions and statements1142 words
• 167. Procedure when investigation cannot be completed in twenty-four hours1114 words
• 437. When bail may be taken in case of non-bailable offence998 words
• 220. Trial for more than one offence960 words

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