CrPC Section 38: Aid to person other than police officer, executing warrant
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 4B: Aid the Magistrates and the police
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
¶ 38. Aid to person other than police officer, executing warrant .- When a warrant is directed to a person other than a police officer, any person may aid in the execution of such warrant, if the person to whom the warrant is directed be near at hand and acting in the execution of the warrant.
Study: explanations and related material
Now BNSS 32 (corresponding section). CrPC → BNSS converterSource: BPR&D BNSS–CrPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-07-03), p2
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