Quick Navigation
Section 468 - Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
468.Bar to taking cognizance after lapse of the period of limitation.-
(1) Except as otherwise provided elsewhere in this Code, no Court shall take cognizance of an offence of the category specified in sub-section (2), after the expiry of the period of limitation.
(2) The period of limitation shall be -
(a) six months, if the offence is punishable with fine only;
(b) one year, if the offence is punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year;
(c) three years, if the offence is punishable with imprisonment for a term exceeding one year but not exceeding three years.
Related Sections
- Section 432: Power to suspend or remit sentences
- Section 214: Words in charge taken in sense of law under which offence is punishable
- Section 296: Evidence of formal character on affidavit
- Section 206: Special summons in cases of petty offence
- Section 269: Officer in charge of prison to abstain from carrying out order in certain contingencies
Related Acts
* Only for reference.