Three Criminal Laws: Indian Judicial Code will replace IPC in the country from July 1, Indian Civil Defence Code to replace CrPC and 1872 The Indian Evidence Act is going to be replaced by the Indian Evidence Code, Due to these three laws, a lot is going to change in the legal system of the country, Under which everything from handcuffs to FIR, From filing cases against fugitive accused to arresting the elderly, many changes will be seen, So let us know what will change with the introduction of the three new laws,
This change happened in the law regarding arrest of elderly people
However, there has not been much change in the rules of arrest, Section of the Indian Civil Defence Code 35 A new subsection in 7 has been added, smaller than,A rule has been made for the arrest of petty criminals and the elderly,
Stream 35 (7) According to, Offences punishable with imprisonment for a term of three years or less, before the arrest of the accused DSP Or permission has to be taken from an officer of higher rank, If the age of the accused 60 years or more, the same rule will apply for his arrest,
Strictness regarding police custody
The new law has also made police custody stricter, till date of arrest of the accused 15 Could have been sent to police custody for days, After that the accused was produced in the court from where he was sent to judicial custody., But according to the new law, the arrest of an accused 60 From 90 any time within days 15 can ask for custody for days,
Now there will be a new rule on mercy petition too
In any case, the last resort for a death row convict to get his sentence reduced or pardoned is a mercy petition., When all legal avenues are exhausted, the convict has the right to file a mercy petition before the President, Till now, when the convict had exhausted all avenues, there was no limit for mercy petition, But now, under Section 472 (1) of the Indian Civil Defence Code, after all legal remedies are exhausted, the convict will have to file a mercy petition before the President within 30 days. After this, whatever decision the President takes on the mercy petition, the Central Government will have to inform the Home Department of the State Government and the Superintendent of the Jail within 48 hours.
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