Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Chapter VIII · Unlawful Assemblies
88. Protection against prosecution
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Court
“Court” means the High Court, a Sessions Court, or a Magistrate’s Court of any class, as the context may require;
Criminal Procedure Code 69
Where a prosecution is sanctioned as aforesaid for an act purporting to be done under this Chapter, no Magistrate, police officer, member of the armed forces or person acting in aid of a police officer or member of the armed forces shall, if the Court is satisfied that the act was done in good faith or, if it was done by a member of the armed forces, that it was done in obedience to an order which under naval, military or air force law he was bound to obey, be deemed to have thereby committed an offence.
offence
“offence” means any act or omission made punishable by any law for the time being in force;