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Act
Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
Section number
251
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Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
251.Substance of accusation to be stated.-
When in a summons-case the accused appears or is brought before the Magistrate, the particulars of the offence of which he is accused shall be stated to him, and he shall be asked whether he pleads guilty or has any defense to make, but it shall not be necessary to frame a formal charge.
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