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Section 196: Prosecution for offences against the State and for criminal conspiracy to commit such offence

(1) No Court shall take cognizance of— (a) any offence punishable under Chapter VI or under section 153A, section 295A or sub-section (1) of section...

Section 197: Prosecution of Judges and public servants

(1) When any person who is or was a Judge or Magistrate or a public servant not removable from his office save by or...

Section 198: Prosecution for offences against marriage

(1) No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under Chapter XX of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) except upon a...

Section 198A: Prosecution of offences under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code

No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1960) except upon a police...

Section 198B: Cognizance of offence

No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under section 376B of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) where the persons are...

Section 199: Prosecution for defamation

(1) No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under Chapter XXI of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) except upon a...

Section 200: Examination of complainant

A Magistrate taking cognizance of an offence on complaint shall examine upon oath the complainant and the witnesses present, if any, and the substance...

Section 201: Procedure by Magistrate not competent to take cognizance of the case

If the complaint is made to a Magistrate who is not competent to take cognizance of the offence, he shall,— (a) if the complaint is...

Section 202: Postponement of issue of process

(1) Any Magistrate, on receipt of a complaint of an offence of which he is authorised to take cognizance or which has been made...

Section 203: Dismissal of complaint

If, after considering the statements on oath (if any) of the complainant and of the witnesses and the result of the inquiry or investigation...

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