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The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act

10Power of State Government to make certain offences cognizable and non -bailable

(1) The State Government may, by notification1 in the Official Gazette, declare that any offence punishable under section 186, 188, 189, 190, 228, 295A, 298, 505, 506 or 507 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), when committed. in any area specified in the notification shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898), be cognizable, and thereupon the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, shall, while such notification remains in force, be deemed to be amended accordingly.

(2) The State Government may, in like manner and subject to the like conditions and with the like effect, declare1 that an offence punishable under section 188 or section 506 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), shall be non-bailable.

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1. For such notifications, as to the former Province of Bihar and Orissa, see B. & 0. Gazette, Extraordinary, dated 26th December, 1932; and as to the former Presidency of Bombay, see Bombay Gazette, Extraordinary, dated 27th December, 1932.

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