Q: What is the enactment date of Cr.P.C, IPC and Evidence Act ?

Ans: The Code of Criminal Procedure commonly called Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) is the main legislation on procedure for administration of substantive criminal law in India. It was enacted in 1973 and came into force on 1 April 1974.

IPC came into force in 1860. The code was passed into law on 6th Oct 1860 and came into operation from 1st Jan 1862. IPC is the main Criminal Code in India divided into 23 Chapters and 511 sections. It was presented by Thomas Babington Macaulay in front of the Governor-General of India in 1835 and prepared by first law commission in 1834 under Charter Act 1833.

The Code of civil Procedure is passed in 1908 and come into force from 1st January 1909.

The Indian Evidence Act, identified as Act no. 1 of 1872, and called the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, has eleven chapters and 167 sections, and came into force 1 September 1872.

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