Child molestation accused can’t be convicted based solely on victim’s statement under section 164: HC

The single judge bench of justice SM Modak said that even if the magistrate before whom a statement was recorded was examined, he would have only narrated what the survivor had told him about the inci ...
Island

Criminal Procedure Code No. 15 of 1979 to be amended

Approval of the Cabinet of Ministers has been granted at their meeting held on 27.09.2021 to amend the Criminal Procedure Code No. 15 of 1979 to enable furnishing legal provisions so that the criminal ...
The Star

Sosma should align with Criminal Procedure Code to curb abuses, says Suhakam

PETALING JAYA: The review of the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (Sosma) 2012 should bring it in line with provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) especially on bail, says the Human ...
Jurist

“Penal Order” in Greece: a New Era for the Rights of the Defendant?

On June 11, 2019, the Hellenic Republic published in the Government Gazette laws 4619 and 4620 that ratified respectively the new Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code. The provisions of these two ...