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Act 2 of 1974 Cited by 1 provision

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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.

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Referred to by 1

1. s. 132 Protection against prosecution for acts done under preceding sections

Questions about Section 131

What does Section 131 of the Crpc 1973 deal with?

Section 131 of the Crpc 1973 is headed "Power of certain armed force officers to disperse assembly". When the public security is manifestly endangered by any such assembly and no Executive Magistrate can be communicated with, any commissioned or gazetted officer of the armed forces may disperse such assembly with the help of the armed forces under his command, and may arrest and confine any persons

How do I find court cases under Section 131 of the Crpc 1973?

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: CRPC 1973 131, section 131 CRPC 1973, section 131 of the Crpc 1973. 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 131 of the Crpc 1973, and has it changed?

1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it.

When was the Crpc 1973 enacted?

Crpc 1973 was enacted in 1974 as Act 2 of 1974. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is no longer in force.

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