Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Chapter XXXVI
371. Irregularities not to vitiate proceedings
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Subject to the provisions of sections 369 and 370, no finding, sentence or order passed or made by a Court of competent jurisdiction shall be reversed or altered on account of -
any error, omission or irregularity in the complaint, summons, warrant, charge, judgment or other proceedings before or during trial, or in any inquiry or other proceedings under this
Code;
the want of any sanction required by section 132;
the omission to inform an accused person of his rights under section 22 1 ;
the want of qualification of any assessor;
the improper admission or rejection of any evidence; or 0 any misdirection in any charge to assessors, unless such error, omission, improper admission or rejection of evidence, irregularity, want or misdirection has occasioned a failure of justice.
In determining whether any error, omission or irregularity in any proceedings under this Code has occasioned a failure of justice, the
Court shall have regard to the fact whether the objection could and should have been raised at an earlier stage in the proceedings.
Terms defined in s 2
complaint
Defined · s 2"complaint" means the allegation made orally or in writing to a Magistrate with a view to his taking action under this Code that some person whether known or unknown has committed or is guilty of an offence;
inquiry
Defined · s 2"inquiry" includes every inquiry conducted under this Code before a Magistrate;
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