The CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (ASSAM AMENDMENT) ACT, 1964
ASSAM ACT XIII OF 1964

'CHE CODE OF CRIMINAL P~OGEOURE (ASSAM AMENDMENT)

ACT, 19M

(Received ·the assent of the Preside:nt on the 26th June 1964)

[Puhli hed in the Assam Gazelle Extraordinary, dated the 3rd July, 1964]

An
Act

## further to amend t'he Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 in its appli·

cation to the :1ta te of Assam.

Prt>amble. W 11 EREAS it is <>xpedient further 10 am<'nd the Act No,5 of

Code of Criminal l'rocedure, 189:1 (hereinafter referred l89B.

to as the Co'le) in its application to the State of A·~am,

for the purposes and in the manner hereinal ter appear•
## ing;

# It is hereby enacted in the Fifteenth Year of the
Republic of India as follows:-

Short title, I. {I) This Act ma'· be called the Code of Criminal

cxieot " [0] d Procedure (Assam Amendment) Act . . 191)1.
**comrncn•**

cement.

{2) It shall apply to the State of Assam.

(3) It shall come into force at once.

bu t>.!itu~ion 2. For Section l 3 of the Code, the following shall b e

_0 1_ ~e~tion substituted namely·-
13 ot the ' '

Code.

"13. (l) The State Government may api:0int as

many persons as it thinks fit to be Subjivisional

Magistrates in any district in the ~tate of Assam.

(2) The State Government, or subject to the con-

trol of tie S1a1e Govt>rnment, the District Magistrate
may place one or nwre Subdivhicmal Magi~trates in
charge of a subdivision ,,

Rc~al and 3. (1) T he Code of Criminal Procedure (Assam Assam OrdS.

Saving. Amr-ndment) Ordinance 1964 is hereby repealed nance No.II

                                              - ' of .564.

_( 2)_ Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or
any action tal<en undrr the Code of {;rirninal Proce·
dure (As.sam Amrndment) Ordir.ance, 1964 shall be
det>med to have been done or tdken under this Act as
## if this Act had commenced on the 1 enth day of Feb-

ruary , 196' (the date of promulgation of the

Ordinance)

[ Pric1 _·06_ _Paise._ ]

AGP (Leg) 40JCf-637- ~ :; - 10-6*.


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