# The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Section 132: Protection against prosecution for acts done under preceding sections

- Act: The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974)
- In force from: 1974-04-01
- Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/crpc/section/132/

## Text

(1) No prosecution against any person for any act purporting to be done under section 129, section 130 or section 131 shall be instituted in any Criminal Court except- (a) with the sanction of the Central Government where such person is an officer or member of the armed forces ; (b) with the sanction of the State Government in any other case. (2) (a) No Executive Magistrate or police officer acting under any of the said sections in good faith ; (b) no person doing any act in good faith in compliance with a requisition under section 129 or section 130 ; (c) no officer of the armed forces acting under section 131 in good faith ; (d) no member of the armed forces doing any act in obedience to any order which he was bound to obey; shall be deemed to have thereby committed an offence. (3) In this section and in the preceding sections of this Chapter,- (a) the expression "armed forces" means the military, naval and air forces, operating as land forces and includes any other Armed Forces of the Union so operating; (b) "officer", in relation to the armed forces, means a person commissioned, gazetted or in pay as an officer of the armed forces and includes a junior commissioned officer, a warrant officer, a petty officer, a non-commissioned officer and a non-gazetted officer; (c) "member", in relation to the armed forces, means a person in the armed forces other than an officer. B.-Public nuisances

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