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The Code of Criminal Procedure, commonly called Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), was the main legislation on procedure for administration of substantive criminal law in India. [1] It was enacted in 1973 and came into force on 1 April 1974. [ 2 ]
Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1978 (45 of 1978) Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1980 (63 of 1980) Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 1983 (43 of 1983) Criminal Law (Second Amendment) Act, 1983 (46 of 1983) Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1988 (32 of 1988) Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1990 (10 of 1990)
The Act added Chapter IVA Section 15A (the rights of victims and witnesses), and defined dereliction of duty by officials and accountability mechanisms more precisely. It added several new offences in Section 3 and (bizarrely) renumbered the entire section since the recognised crime almost doubled.
The Crime Victims' Rights Act, part of the Justice for All Act of 2004, enumerates the rights afforded to victims in federal criminal cases. The Act grants victims the following rights: [19] Protection from the accused, Notification, Not to be excluded from proceedings, Speaking at criminal justice proceedings, Consultation with the prosecuting ...
Certain changes has been introduced in the CrPC and Evidence Act, like the process of recording the statement of the victim has been made more victim friendly and easy but the two critical changes are: 1. the 'character of the victim' is now rendered totally irrelevant, and 2. there is now a presumption of 'no consent' in a case where sexual ...
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Previously, rape misjudgments or acquittals would go unnoticed, but in the following years, women's movement against rape gathered force and organisation supporting rape victims and women's rights advocates came to the fore. [11] [13] [19] The criminal law amendment Act 1983 was enacted as a consequence of this case.
They are always the victims. [6] The NCW has demanded that women should not be punished for adultery, as a woman is "the victim and not an offender" in such cases. They have also advocated the amendment of Section 198 of the CrPC to allow women to file complaints against unfaithful husbands and prosecute them for their promiscuous behaviour ...