# The Code of Criminal Procedure Act, Section 214: Words in charge taken in sense of law under which offence is punishable

- Act: The Code of Criminal Procedure Act (Act 2 of 1974)
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/code-criminal-procedure-act/section/214/

## Text

In every charge words used in describing an offence shall be deemed to have been used in the sense attached to them respectively by the law under which such offence is punishable.

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