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Act 2 of 1974 Cited by 1 provision

This is a second copy of a Central Act. India Code files it on Delhi's shelf as well as under Parliament, and the text is the same enactment. Read it at The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, which is the record this site keeps current.

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. 170 Cases to be sent to Magistrate, when evidence is sufficient
2. s. 174 Police to enquire and report on suicide, etc

Referred to by 1

1. s. 345 Procedure in certain cases of contempt

Questions about Section 175

What does Section 175 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act deal with?

Section 175 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act is headed "Power to summon persons". A police officer proceeding under section 174 may, by order in writing, summon two or more persons as aforesaid for the purpose of the said investigation, and any other person who appears to be acquainted with the facts of the case and every person so summoned shall be bound to attend and to answer

How do I find court cases under Section 175 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 175, section 175 Code Criminal Procedure Act, section 175 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 175 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, and has it changed?

Its own text turns on section 170 (Cases to be sent to Magistrate, when evidence is sufficient), section 174 (Police to enquire and report on suicide, etc), so none of them can safely be read on its own. 1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it.

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 It is no longer in force.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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