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The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898

Section 531Proceedings in wrong place

In forcePart IX SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONSChapter XLV OF IRREGULAR PROCEEDINGS

Part IX SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

Chapter XLV OF IRREGULAR PROCEEDINGS

s. 531

531. Proceedings in wrong place No finding, sentence or order of any Criminal Court shall be set aside merely on the ground that the inquiry, trial or other proceeding in the course of which it was arrived at or passed, took place in a wrong sessions division, district, [***] or other local area, unless it appears that such error has in fact occasioned a failure of justice.

  1. 561. The word “sub-division” was omitted by section 95 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. XXXII of 2009) (with effect from 1st November, 2007).

End of s. 531. Not in the index for this Act: Schedule (sub).

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