Criminal Procedure Code · s 17

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17.
Public to give information of certain matters
(1) Every person aware -
(a) of the commission of or the intention of any other person to commit any offence punishable under the following sections of the Penal Code (Chapter 22): 121, 121A, 122, 123, 124A, 130,
143, 144, 145, 147, 148, 194, 232, 234, 302, 304, 307, 308, 382,
392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 402, 435, 436, 449, 450,
456,457,458,459,460,489A, 489D;
@)
of any sudden or unnatural death or death by violence or of any death under suspicious circumstances, or of the body of any person being found dead without its being known how such person came by death, shall in the absence of reasonable excuse, the burden of proving which shall lie upon the person so aware, forthwith give information to the officer in charge of the nearest police station or to a police officer or to the nearest
District Officer of such commission or intention or of such sudden, unnatural or violent death or of the finding of such dead body, as the case may be.
(2) If any person discovers any dead body and he has reason to believe that the deceased met with his death through an unlawful act or omission, he shall not remove or in any way alter the position of the body except so far as is necessary for its safety.

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(3) Every person failing to give such information as is required by this section is guilty of an offence under section 176 of the Penal Code
(Chapter 22).

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s 17Public to give information of certain matters

(1)

Every person aware -

(a)

of the commission of or the intention of any other person to commit any offence punishable under the following sections of the Penal Code (Chapter 22): 121, 121A, 122, 123, 124A, 130,

143, 144, 145, 147, 148, 194, 232, 234, 302, 304, 307, 308, 382,

392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 402, 435, 436, 449, 450,

456,457,458,459,460,489A, 489D;

of any sudden or unnatural death or death by violence or of any death under suspicious circumstances, or of the body of any person being found dead without its being known how such person came by death, shall in the absence of reasonable excuse, the burden of proving which shall lie upon the person so aware, forthwith give information to the officer in charge of the nearest police station or to a police officer or to the nearest

District Officer of such commission or intention or of such sudden, unnatural or violent death or of the finding of such dead body, as the case may be.

(2)

If any person discovers any dead body and he has reason to believe that the deceased met with his death through an unlawful act or omission, he shall not remove or in any way alter the position of the body except so far as is necessary for its safety.

(3)

Every person failing to give such information as is required by this section is guilty of an offence under section 176 of the Penal Code

(Chapter 22).