Nothing in this Chapter shall apply to any juvenile or child as defined in clause (k) of section 2 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act,
2000.".
5. Amendment of section 292.-In section 292 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,-
(a) in sub-section (1), for the portion beginning with the words "gazetted officer" and ending with the brackets and words "(including the officer of the Controller of Stamps and Stationery)", the following shall be substituted, namely:- "officer of any Mint or of any Note Printing Press or of any Security Printing Press (including the officer of the Controller of Stamps and Stationery) or of any Forensic Department or Division of Forensic Science Laboratory or any Government Examiner of Questioned Documents or any State Examiner of Questioned Documents, as the case may be,";
(b) in sub-section (3), for the portion beginning with the words "except with" and ending with the words "as the case may be,", the following shall be substituted, namely:- "except with the permission of the General Manager or any officer in charge of any Mint or of any Note Printing Press or of any Security Printing Press or of any Forensic Department or any officer in charge of the Forensic Science Laboratory or of the Government Examiner of Questioned Documents Organisation or of the State Examiner of Questioned Documents Organisation, as the case may be,".
6. Amendment of section 340.-In section 340 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, in sub-section
(3), for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- "(b) in any other case, by the presiding officer of the Court or by such officer of the Court as the Court may authorise in writing in this behalf.".
7. Amendment of the First Schedule.-In the First Schedule to the Code of Criminal Procedure, under the heading "I.-OFFENCES UNDER THE INDIAN PENAL CODE,"-
(a) after the entries relating to section 195, the following entries shall be inserted, namely:- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "195A Threatening any Imprisonment for Cognizable Non-bail- Court by person to give 7 years, or fine, able which offence false evidence. or both. of giving false is tri If innocent The same as for Ditto Ditto Ditto.", Person is the offence.
Convicted and sentenced in consequence of false evidence with death, or imprisonment for more than seven years.
(b) in the 4th column, in the entry relating to section 196, for the word "Ditto", the word "Noncognizable" shall be substituted.'.
8. Omission of section 25 of Act 25 of 2005.-Section 25 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2005 shall be omitted.
CHAPTER IV AMENDMENT TO THE INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
9. Amendment of section 154 of Act 1 of 1872.-In the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, section 154 shall be numbered as sub-section (1) thereof and after sub-section (1) as so numbered, the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:- "(2) Nothing in this section shall disentitle the person so permitted under sub-section (1), to rely on any part of the evidence of such witness.".
T.K. VISWANATHAN, Secy. to the Govt. of India.