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502. Power to restore possession of immovable property. (1) When a person is convicted of an offence by use of criminal force or show ofRead More →

503. Procedure by police upon seizure of property. (1) Whenever the seizure of property by any police officer is reported to a Magistrate under theRead More →

504. Procedure where no claimant appears within six months. (1) If no person within such period establishes his claim to such property, and if theRead More →

505. Power to sell perishable property. If the person entitled to the possession of such property is unknown or absent and the property is subjectRead More →

CHAPTER XXXVII – IRREGULAR PROCEEDINGS 506. Irregularities which do not vitiate proceedings. If any Magistrate not empowered by law to do any of the followingRead More →

507. Irregularities which vitiate proceedings. If any Magistrate, not being empowered by law in this behalf, does any of the following things, namely: (a) attachesRead More →

508. Proceedings in wrong place. No finding, sentence or order of any Criminal Court shall be set aside merely on the ground that the inquiry,Read More →

509. Non-compliance with provisions of section 183 or section 316. (1) If any Court before which a confession or other statement of an accused personRead More →

510. Effect of omission to frame, or absence of, or error in, charge. (1) No finding, sentence or order by a Court of competent jurisdictionRead More →

511. Finding or sentence when reversible by reason of error, omission or irregularity. (1) Subject to the provisions hereinbefore contained, no finding, sentence or orderRead More →

512. Defect or error not to make attachment unlawful. No attachment made under this Sanhita shall be deemed unlawful, nor shall any person making theRead More →

CHAPTER XXXVIII – LIMITATION FOR TAKING COGNIZANCE OF CERTAIN OFFENCES 513. Definitions. For the purposes of this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “period ofRead More →

514. Bar to taking cognizance after lapse of period of limitation. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Sanhita, no Court shall take cognizance ofRead More →

515. Commencement of period of limitation. (1) The period of limitation, in relation to an offender, shall commence: (a) on the date of the offence;Read More →

516. Exclusion of time in certain cases. (1) In computing the period of limitation, the time during which any person has been prosecuting with dueRead More →

517. Exclusion of date on which Court is closed. Where the period of limitation expires on a day when the Court is closed, the CourtRead More →