Criminal Law Amendment Act : Power of State Government to make certain offences cognizable

Criminal Law Amendment Act,1932

Act No : 23

Section : Power of State Government to make certain offences cognizable andnon-bailable.

10. Power of State Government to make certain offences cognizable and non-bailable. (1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare that any offence punishable under section 186, 188, 189, 190, 228, 295A, 298, 505, 506 or 507 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), when committed in any area specified in the notification shall, notwithstanding anything co- ntained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898), be cognizable, and thereupon the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898), shall, while such notification remains in force, be deemed to be amended accordingly. (2) The State Government may, in like manner and subject to the like conditions, and with the like effect, declare that an offence punishable under section 188 or section 506 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860). shall be non-bailable.