CrPC Section 422: Effect of such warrant
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 32: Execution, Suspension, Remission and commutation of sentences
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
¶ 422. Effect of such warrant.- A warrant issued under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 421 by any Court may be executed within the local jurisdiction of such Court, and it shall authorise the attachment and sale of any such property outside such jurisdiction, when it is endorsed by the District Magistrate within whose local jurisdiction such property is found.
Study: explanations and related material
Now BNSS 462 (corresponding section). CrPC → BNSS converterSource: BPR&D BNSS–CrPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-07-03), p23
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Other sections in this chapter
- 413. Execution of order passed under section 368
- 414. Execution of sentence of death passed by High Court
- 415. Postponement of execution of sentence of death in case of appeal to Supreme Court
- 416. Postponement of capital sentence on pregnant woman
- 417. Power to appoint place of imprisonment
- 418. Execution of sentence of imprisonment
- 419. Direction of warrant for execution
- 420. Warrant with whom to be lodged
- 421. Warrant for levy of fine
- 423. Warrant for levy of fine issued by a Court in any territory to which this Code does not extend
- 424. Suspension of execution of sentence of imprisonment
- 425. Who may issue warrant
- 426. Sentence on escaped convict when to take effect
- 427. Sentence on offender already sentenced for another offence
- 428. Period of detention undergone by the accused to be set off against the sentence of imprisonment
- 429. Saving
- 430. Return of warrant on execution of sentence
- 431. Money ordered to be paid recoverable as a fine
- 432. Power to suspend or remit sentences
- 433. Power to commute sentence
- 433A. Restriction on powers of remission or commutation in certain cases
- 434. Concurrent power of Central Government in case of death sentences
- 435. State Government to act after consultation with Central Government in certain cases