General Information, IPC, Indian Constitution, Indian Evidence Act, CPC – Study material for IPO Exam
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Indian Penal Code ( IPC)
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First law commission chaired by Lord Macaulay
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Chapter Art,1833 under which the first Indian Law Commission was constituted
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14th October,1837 the Draft Code submitted to the Governor General in Council
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The Second Indian Law Commission was Constituted on 26th April 1845
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Second Indian Law Commission on the Draft Penal Code submitted the Report in two part 1846 and 1847
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Draft Code revised and presented to Governor General in Council in 1856
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Indian Constitution
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The Constitution was enacted by the constituent assembly on 26thNovember 1949
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It Came in to effect on 26 January 1950
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The Indian Constitution replaced the Government of India Act 1935
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The drafting committee was appointed On 29 August 1947
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A Draft Constitution was prepared by the committee and submitted to the Assembly on 4 November 1947
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Indian Evidence Act
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The Indian Evidence Act, identified as Act no. 1 of 1872, and called the Indian Evidence Act, 1872,
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The act was proposed by Sir James Fitzjames Stephan
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The Act has eleven chapter and 167 sections
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The Indian Evidence Act came into force on 1st September 1872
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Criminal Procedure Code
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The Criminal Procedure code came into force came into force on 1 April 1974
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It was enacted in 1973
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The Act consists of 484 sections, 2 schedules and 56 forms.
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The Criminal Procedure Code extends to the whole of India except the states in India of J&K
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The prevailing law on crime prevention and punishment is embodied in two principal statutes: the Indian Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1973.
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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 repealing the old Code of 1898
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The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2008
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An Act further to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
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