The Central Government has recently amended the three criminal laws which were framed during the British rule and were in existence since 1862.
Criminal Laws
The three criminal laws IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act, which were created during the British rule and existed since 1862, were recently changed by the central government and new laws were made. The implementation of these three new laws will start from July 1 across the country. The government has issued a notification in this regard.
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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a notification on 23 February 2024 for the implementation of three laws namely Indian Evidence Act 2023, Indian Civil Security Code 2023 and Indian Judicial Code 2023.
According to this notification, these three laws will be implemented across the country from July 1, 2024. Due to this, the public, the police and the lawyers studying the law will now be able to learn and study this new law.
What are the previous laws and current laws?
Indian Penal Code (IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and Indian Evidence Act (Evidence Act) were three laws that were created during the British rule and have been in existence since 1862.
These three criminal laws have been converted into ‘Indian Judicial Code 2023’, ‘Indian Civil Protection Code 2023’ and ‘Indian Evidence Act 2023’ respectively. In these new laws, some sections have been newly included and some old sections have been omitted. Most of the laws remain as before.
Increase in sections of CrPC laws
CrPC earlier had 484 sections, this has been increased and now it will be 531 sections. Out of these 177 clauses have been amended and 9 more clauses have been added. So 39 new subsections have been added. So 44 new provisions have also been added.
The trial will be conducted without foreign criminals
Along with this, the provision of trial in absentia has also been made in the new laws. This means that a criminal directly involved in a crime or conspiracy like the Mumbai blasts can be tried in absentia if he flees abroad.
Because such criminals were not physically present, trials could not be started earlier. But now they don’t need to be in India. If this accused does not appear in the court within 90 days, further trial will also take place. Also a public prosecutor will fight his case and he will be hanged after the trial is over. Due to this, the process of bringing him from another country to India will be speedy.
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