CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (WEST BENGAL AMENDMENT) ACT, 1955

Act No. 30 of 1955

11th October, 1955

An Act to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, in its application to West Bengal. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted as follows:- NOTE The Criminal Procedure Code, 1898, (West Bengal Amendment) Act, in its application to West Bengal, this Act has been enacted.

S.1 Short title

This Act may be called the Code of Criminal Procedure (West Bengal Amendment) Act, 1955.

S.2 Application of the Act

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (hereinafter referred to as the said Code), shall, in its application to West Bengal, be amended for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter provided.

S.3 Substitution of new sections for section 22 of Act 5 of 1898

For section 22 of the said Code, the following sections shall be substituted, namely:-

22. Appointment of Justices of the Peace.--The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint for such period as may be specified in the notification, and subject to such rules as may be made by the State Government, any person who is a citizen of India and as to whose integrity and suitability it is satisfied, to be a Justice of the Peace for a local area to be mentioned in the notification, and more than one Justice of the Peace may be appointed for the same local area.

Explanation.-In this section and in sections 22A and 22B 'local area' means-

• (a) in Calcutta, as defined in the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951, a ward specified in Schedule V to that Act, and
• (b) elsewhere, the area included in a police station.

22A. Powers of Justices of the Peace.--

• (1) A Justice of the Peace for any local area shall, for the
  

S.4 Repeal of section 25

Section 25 of the said Code is hereby repealed.