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The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898

Section 83Warrant forwarded for execution outside jurisdiction

In forcePart III GENERAL PROVISIONSChapter VI OF PROCESSES TO COMPEL APPEARANCE

Part III GENERAL PROVISIONS

Chapter VI OF PROCESSES TO COMPEL APPEARANCE

B.-Warrant of Arrest

s. 83

83. Warrant forwarded for execution outside jurisdiction (1) When a warrant is to be executed outside the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Court issuing the same, such Court may, instead of directing such warrant to a police-officer, forward the same by post or otherwise to any [Executive Magistrate or District Superintendent of police] [or, the Police Commissioner in [a Metropolitan Area]] within the local limits of whose jurisdiction it is to be executed. (2) The Magistrate or District Superintendent [or Police Commissioner] to whom such warrant is so forwarded shall endorse his name thereon and, if practicable, cause it to be executed in manner hereinbefore provided within the local limits of his jurisdiction.

  1. 92. The words "or Police Commissioner" were inserted by the Schedule III of the Chittagong Metropolitan Police Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. XLVIII of 1978)

End of s. 83. Not in the index for this Act: Schedule (sub).

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