THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (ASSAM AMENDMENT) ACT, 1964

ASSAM ACT XIII OF 1964 'CHE CODE OF CRIMINAL P~OGEOURE (ASSAM AMENDMENT) ACT, 19M (Received ·the assent of the Preside:nt on the 26th June 1964) [Puhli hed in the Assam Gazelle Extraordinary, dated the 3rd July, 1964] An Act further to amend t'he Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 in its appli· cation to the :1ta te of Assam. Prt>amble. W 11 EREAS it is <>xpedient further 10 am<'nd the Act No,5 of Code of Criminal l'rocedure, 189:1 (hereinafter referred l89B. to as the Co'le) in its application to the State of A·~am, for the purposes and in the manner hereinal ter appear• ing; It is hereby enacted in the Fifteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- Short title, I. {I) This Act ma' · be called the Code of Criminal cxieot "0 d Procedure (Assam Amendment) Act . . 191)1. comrncn• cement. {2) It shall apply to the State of Assam. (3) It shall come into force at once. bu1t>.!itu~ion 2. For Section l 3 of the Code, t he following shall b e 0 ~e~tion substituted namely·- 13 ot the ' ' Code. "13. (l) The State Government may api:0int as many persons as it thinks fit to be Subjivisional Magistrates in any district in the ~tate of Assam. (2) The State Government, or subject to the con­ trol of tie S1a1e Govt>rnment, the District Magistrate may place one or nwre Subdivhicmal Magi~trates in charge of a subdivision ,, Rc~al and 3. (1) T he Code of Criminal Procedure (Assam Assam OrdS. Saving. Amr-ndment) Ordinance 1964 is hereby repealed nance No.II • ' of .564. ( 2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action tal<en undrr the Code of {;rirninal Proce· dure (As.sam Amrndment) Ordir.ance, 1964 shall be det>med to have been done or tdken under this Act as if this Act had commenced on the 1 enth day of Feb­ ruary , 196' (the date of promulgation of the Ordinance) [ Pric1 ·06 Paise. ] AGP (Leg) 40JCf-637- ~ :; - 10-6*.