Code of Criminal Procedure
CrPC 1 is now BNSS 1.
Short title, extent and commencement
Carried over
84% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. I
s. 1
Short title, extent and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1***:
Provided that the provisions of this Code, other than those relating to Chapters VIII, X and XI thereof, shall not apply—
(a) to the State of Nagaland,
(b) to the tribal areas, but the concerned State Government may, by notification, apply such provisions or any of them to the whole or part of the State of Nagaland or such tribal areas, as the case may be, with such supplemental, incidental or consequential modifications, as may be specified in the notification.
Explanation.—In this section, “tribal areas” means the territories which immediately before the 21st day of January, 1972, were included in the tribal areas of Assam, as referred to in paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, other than those within the local limits of the municipality of Shillong.
(3) It shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 1974.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. I
s. 1
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(2) The provisions of this Sanhita, other than those relating to Chapters IX, XI and XII thereof, shall not apply---
(a) to the State of Nagaland;
(b) to the tribal areas,
but the concerned State Government may, by notification, apply such provisions or any of them to the whole or part of the State of Nagaland or such tribal areas, as the case may be, with such supplemental, incidental or consequential modifications, as may be specified in the notification.
Explanation.---In this section, "tribal areas" means the territories which immediately before the 21st day of January, 1972, were included in the tribal areas of Assam, as referred to in paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, other than those within the local limits of the municipality of Shillong.
(3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Text from India Code