Act Number: 12

Act Name: The Economic Offences (Inapplicability of Limitation) Act, 1974

Year: 1974

Enactment Date: 1974-03-27

Long Title: An Act to provide for the inapplicability of the provisions of Chapter XXXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to certain economic offences.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Revenue

Section 2: Chapter XXXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 not to apply to certain offences.
    Nothing in Chapter XXXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) shall apply to--
         (i) any offence punishable under any of the enactments 1 [or provisions, if any, thereof] specified in the Schedule; or
         (ii) any other offence, which under the provisions of that Code, may be tried along with such offence,
and every offence referred to in clause (i) or clause (ii) may be taken cognizance of by the Court having jurisdiction as if the provisions of that Chapter were not enacted.
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 65 of 1984, s. 10 (w.e.f. 8-10-1984).
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