Criminal Law (Amendment ) Act, 1993
(Act No. I of Svt. 1993)
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CRIMINAL LAW (AMENDMENT) ACT, SAMVAT 1993 (1936 A.D.) 175
THE CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT ACT 1993 (1936 A. D. ).
ACT NO. I OF SVT. 993.
CONTENTS
Preamble
Section.
1. Short title and extent.
2. Dissemination of contents of pre- scribed documents.
3. Amendment of Code of Criminal Procedure, Act No. XXIII of 1989.
Section.
4. Amendment of Code of Criminal Procedure, Act No. XXIII of 1989.
5. Section 108-A. Power to arrest and detain suspected persons.
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176 CRIMINAL LAW (AMENDMENT) ACT, SAMVT 1993 (1936 A.D)
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CRIMINAL LAW (AMENDMENT) ACT, SAMVAT 1993 (1936 A.D.) 177
THE CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT ACT, 1993
(1936 A. D. ).
(Act No. I of Samvat 1993)
[Received the assent of His Highness the Maharaja Bahadur on 7th April, 1936/26th Chet, 1992, and published in Government Gazette dated 12th Baisakh, 1993.]
Whereas it is expedient to supplement the criminal law in the manner hereinafter appearing. It is hereby enacted as follows :--
1. Short title and extent.--(1) This Act may be called the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1993.
(2) It extends to the whole of Jammu and Kashmir State. 1 [x x x x x x]
4. Amendment of Code of Criminal Procedure Act No. XXIII of 1989.-- (1)2[The Government] may, by notification in the Jammu and Kashmir Government Gazette, declare that any off COURT FEES ACT, SAMVAT 1977 177ence punishable under sections 186, 188, 189, 190, 228, 295-A, 298, 505, 506 or 507 of the Ranbir Penal Code, when committed in any area specified in the notification, shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, be cogni- zable.
2 [The Government] may, in the like manner, declare that an offence punish- able under section 188 or section 506 of the Ranbir Penal Code shall be non-bail- able.
3 [x x x x x x]
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1. By section 2, section 190-A, Ranbir Penal Code was added. By section 3 entry in Shedule II of the Code of Criminal Procedure regarding section 190-A, Ranbir Penal Code was added. Both these have been incorpotated in respective Codes.
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