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CrPC Section 160. Police Officer’s power to require attendance of witnesses


 
Category of Bare Act Name of the Act Year of Promulgation
Criminal Laws Code of Criminal Procedure 1973
Act Number Enactment Date Chapter Number
02 01-04-1974 12
Chapter Title Ministry Department
Information to the Police and their Power to Investigate Ministry of Home Affairs Department of Internal Security

(1) Any police officer making an investigation under this Chapter may, by order in writing, require the attendance before himself of any person being within the limits of his own or any adjoining station who, from the information given or otherwise, appears to be acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the case; and such person shall attend as so required:
Provided that no male person 1 under the age of fifteen years or above the age of sixty-five years or a woman or a mentally or physically disabled person shall be required to attend at any place other than the place in which such male person or woman resides.
(2) The State Government may, by rules made in this behalf, provide for the payment by the police officer of the reasonable expenses of every person, attending under sub-section (1) at any place other than his residence.


1. Subs. by Act 13 of 2013, s. 14, for under the age of fifteen years or woman (w.e.f. 3-2-2013).

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