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1. This Act may be called the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 ; and it shall come into force on the first day of July, 1898.
2. Extent. It extends to ^[2] ; but, in the absence of any specific provision to the contrary, nothing herein contained shall affect any special or local law now in force, or any special jurisdiction or power conferred, or any special form of procedure prescribed, by any other law for the time being in force, ^[3] . ^[3] 1For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of India, 1897, Pt. V, p. 363 ; for Report of the Select Committee, see ibid., 1898, Pt. V, p.19; and for Proceedings in Council, see ibid., 1897, Pt. VI, pp. 238 and 254; and ibid., 1898, pp. 22, 101 and 175. It has been declared to be in force in__ Baluchistan, by the British Baluchistan Laws Regulation, 1913 (2 of 1913), s.3 and Sch. I. It has been extended to the Leased Areas of Baluchistan, see the Leased Areas (Laws) Order, 1950 (G.G.O. 3 of 1950) ; and applied in the Federated Areas of Baluchistan, see Gazette of India, 1937, Pt. I. p. 1499. It has also been extended to the Excluded Area of Upper Tanawal other than Phulera by the N.-W.F.P (Upper Tanawal) (Excluded Area) Laws Regulation, 1950, and declared to be in force in that area with effect from 1st June, 1951, see N.-W.F.P. Gazette, Extraordinary, dated 1st June, 1951. It has been applied to Phulera in the Excluded Area of Upper Tanawal to the extent the Act is applicable in the N.-W.F.P., subject to certain modifications, see N.-W.F.P. (Upper Tanawal) (Excluded Area) Laws Regulation, 1950. Extended to the added area of the North-West Frontier Province (see First Schedule to (G.G.O. 1 of 1952), with effect from the 7th February, 1952. see N.W.F.P. Gazette, 1952, Pt. I, p. 70. It has also been extended to the added areas mentioned in First Schedule of G.G.O. 13 of 1955, see Gazette of West Pakistan, 1957, Ext., p. 555. As to its application in certain districts on the Sindh Frontier, see the Sindh Frontier Regulation, 1872 (5 of 1872), s. 11, and the Sindh Frontier Regulation, 1892 (3 of 1892). It has been amended in its application to__ (i) the Punjab, by the Punjab Criminal Procedure (Election Offences) Amendment Act, 1936 (Punjab Act 1 of 1936) and the Code of Criminal Procedure (Punjab Amdt.) Act, 1940 (Punjab Act 11 of 1940), Punjab Ordinance 9 of 1971, and the Punjab Ordinance 10 of 1972. ; The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898) has been amended by the Law Reforms Ordinance, 1972, (XII of 1972). The date of enforcement of the provisions of the Law Reforms Ordinance, 1972 except those relating to separation of Judiciary in the different Provinces are as follows:__