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Code of Criminal Procedure

(CRPC)

198B. [ Cognizance of Offence. [Inserted by Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 ]

Chapter 14: Conditions Requisite For Initiation Of Proceedings

Section: 198B

- No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under section 376B of the Indian Penal Code where the persons are in a marital relationship, except upon prima facie satisfaction of the facts which constitute the offence upon a complaint having been filed or made by the wife against the husband.]

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