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Section 180

Place of trial where act is offence by reason of relation to other offence. When an act is an offence by reason of its relation to any other act which is also an offence or which would be an offence if the doer were capable of committing an offence, a charge of the first-mentioned offence may be inquired into or tried by a Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction either act was done. [1] [2] [4]

  1. A charge of abetment may be inquired into or tried either by the Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the abetment was committed, or by the Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the offence abetted was committed.
  2. A charge of receiving or retaining stolen goods may be inquired into or tried either by the Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the goods were stolen, or by any Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction any of them were at any time dishonestly received or retained.
  3. A charge of wrongfully concealing a person known to have been Kidnapped may be inquire into or tried by the Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the wrongful concealing, or by the Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the kidnapping, took place.
Annotations (3)
  • amendment [1] A.O., 1937, for “L.G”.
  • amendment [2] the Law Reforms Ordinance, 1972 (XII of 1972), s. 2. and Sch. 3 Subs. ibid. (for further clarity on this provision, the original source i.e. the Gazette Notification of Law Reforms Ordinance, 1972 (XII of 1972), s. 2 and Sch., item 198 may be perused.
  • amendment [4] the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (XXI of 1960), s.3 and 2nd Sch. (with effect from the 14th October, 1955). 5 Subs. ibid. Illustrations
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