LAW (LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING) DEPARTMENT (GROUP-II) E DRAFTING — The CRPC 1973

T 4 () T A #sa & e LAW (LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING) DEPARTMENT (GROUP-II) E DRAFTING (GROUP-II) NOTIFICATION Jaipur, January 15, 2019 No. F. 2 (43) Vidhi/2/2017 .- The following Act of the Rajasthan State Legislature received the assent of the President on the 6™ day of November, 2018 and is hereby published for general information :- THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (RAJASTHAN AMENDMENT) ACT, 2017 (Act No. 1 0f 2019) (Received the assent of the President on the 6™ day of November, 2018) An Act further to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 in its application to the State of Rajasthan. Be it enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature in the Sixty-eighth Year of the Republic of India, as follows:- Short title, extent and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Code of Criminal Procedure (Rajasthan Amendment) Act, 2017. It shall extend to the whole of the State of Rajasthan. | (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on and from 10" July, 2017. Amendment of section 9, Central Act No. 2 of 1974.In section 9 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act No. 2 of 1974), hereinafter referred to as the principal Act, after the existing sub-section (6) and before the existing explanation, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:- "Provided that the Court of Session may hold, or the High Court may direct the Court of Session to hold its sitting in any particular case at any place in the sessions division, where it appears expedient to do so for considerations of internal security or public order, and in such cases, the consent of the prosecution and the accused shall not be necessary.". Amendment of section 195, Central Act No. 2 of 1974.- In clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 195 of the principal Act, for the existing expression "except on the co