Section 163: No inducement to be offered

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973Central Act · 1973

Repealed. This text is published for reference. It is not in force, and it should not be relied on as current law without checking what replaced it. Repealed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, with effect from 1 July 2024

(1) No police officer or other person in authority shall offer or make, or cause to be offered or made, any such inducement, threat or promise as is mentioned in section 24 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872).

(2) But no police officer or other person shall prevent, by any caution or otherwise, any person from making in the course of any investigation under this Chapter any statement which he may be disposed to make of his own free will:

Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall affect the provisions of sub-section (4) of section 164.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section	163
Marginal note	No inducement to be offered
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	Repealed
Judgments citing it	2

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CRA/80/2019 of PERVEZ AHEMED @ KOCHI & ORS Vs STATE OF WEST BENGALCalcutta High Court · 2023-04-26

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