Section 5: Saving

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Repealed.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 Repealed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, with effect from 1 July 2024

Nothing contained in this Code shall, in the absence of a specific provision to the contrary, affect any special or local law for the time being in force, or any special jurisdiction or power conferred, or any special form of procedure prescribed, by any other law for the time being in force.

STATE AMENDMENT

Manipur

In section 5 of the principal Act,--

(i) in between the figures and commas "396," and "399," , the figures and comma "397," shall be inserted;

(ii) in between the words “or” and “Session”, the words “the Court of” shall be inserted.

[Vide Manipur 10 of 1983, s. 5]

Where this provision sits

Act	The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section	5
Marginal note	Saving
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	Repealed
Judgments citing it	5

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CRM-M/27970/2022 of STATE OF HARYANA Vs MOHAMMAD NASIMHigh Court of Punjab and Haryana · 2026-02-02
CRL RC(MD)/729/2025 of Vetrivel Vs The State of TamilnaduMadras High Court · 2025-11-27
APPLN/3521/2014 of THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA Vs OMKAR @ RAJABHAU SUDHAKAR KALEBombay High Court · 2015-04-06
V.C.CHINNAPPA GOUDAR vs KAR.STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BD.Supreme Court of India · 2015-03-10

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