Section 198

Place of inquiry or trial.

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

  • Act 46 of 2023
  • Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Department of Internal Security
About this Act

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Criminal Procedure.

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Chapter XIV: Jurisdiction of the criminal courts in inquiries and trials Sections 197 to 209

    (a) When it is uncertain in which of several local areas an offence was committed; or
    (b) where an offence is committed partly in one local area and partly in another; or
    (c) where an offence is a continuing one, and continues to be committed in more local areas than one; or
    (d) where it consists of several acts done in different local areas, it may be inquired into or tried by a Court having jurisdiction over any of such local areas.

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