Act Number: 6

Act Name: The Cantonments (House Accommodation) Act, 1923

Year: 1923

Enactment Date: 1923-03-05

Long Title: An Act further to amend and to consolidate the law relating to the provision of house accommodation for military officers in cantonments.

Ministry: Ministry of Defence

Department: Department of Defence

Section 37: Inapplicability of section 556 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, to trials of offences.
     No Judge or Magistrate shall be deemed, within the meaning of section 556 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898)1 , to be a party to, or personally interested in, any prosecution for an offence constituted by or under this Act merely because he is a member of the Cantonment 2[Board] or has ordered or approved the prosecution.
Notes:
1. See now the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).
2. Subs. by Act 10 of 1925, s. 5, for "Committee".
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