CrPC: Chapter 35: Irregular Proceedings

Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).

1. Section 460. Irregularities which do not vitiate proceedings
2. Section 461. Irregularities which vitiate proceedings
3. Section 462. Proceedings in wrong place
4. Section 463. Non-compliance with provisions of section 164 or section 281
5. Section 464. Effect of omission to frame, or absence of, or error in, charge
6. Section 465. Finding or sentence when reversible by reason of error, omission or irregularity
7. Section 466. Defect or error not to make attachment unlawful

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