Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898

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Act of the Imperial Legislative Council criminal procedure code statute

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 was the primary procedural law governing criminal trials and investigations in British India and, later, independent India until it was replaced by the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

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Label	Occurrences
Code of Criminal Procedure	1
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of the Imperial Legislative Council ⓘ criminal procedure code ⓘ statute ⓘ
appliedIn	Courts of Session in British India NERFINISHED ⓘ High Courts in British India NERFINISHED ⓘ Magistrates’ courts in British India ⓘ
appliesTo	appeals in criminal cases ⓘ arrest procedures ⓘ bail proceedings ⓘ criminal investigations ⓘ criminal trials ⓘ inquiries into offences ⓘ search and seizure procedures ⓘ sessions trials ⓘ trial of summons cases ⓘ trial of warrant cases ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	British India NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfLaw	criminal procedure ⓘ
governs	committal proceedings to courts of session ⓘ execution of criminal sentences ⓘ inquests and inquiries into suspicious deaths ⓘ procedures for framing of charges ⓘ procedures for recording confessions and statements ⓘ procedures for withdrawal and compounding of offences ⓘ revision and reference powers of higher courts in criminal matters ⓘ
influenced	Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	English criminal procedure ⓘ
inForceUntil	Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 came into force ⓘ
jurisdiction	British India NERFINISHED ⓘ Dominion of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfStatute	English ⓘ
legacy	served as the main model for post-independence criminal procedure in India ⓘ
legalStatusInIndia	repealed ⓘ
purpose	to consolidate and amend the law relating to criminal procedure in British India ⓘ
regulates	issue and execution of summons ⓘ issue and execution of warrants ⓘ maintenance proceedings under criminal jurisdiction ⓘ mode of taking and recording evidence in criminal cases ⓘ powers of courts of session ⓘ powers of magistrates in criminal matters ⓘ powers of police in criminal matters ⓘ security for keeping the peace and good behaviour ⓘ
replaced	earlier criminal procedure enactments in British India ⓘ
replacedBy	Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName	CrPC, 1898 NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 → repealedAct → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 ⓘ

British colonial authorities in India → legalSystem → Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Code of Criminal Procedure