Under section 42 of the Police Act, 1861, the period of limitation for a prosecution for anything done…
Section 42 requires prosecutions for anything done or intended to be done under the Act, or under the general police-powers it gives, to be commenced "within three months…
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Under section 42 of the Police Act, 1861, the period of limitation for a prosecution for anything done or intended to be done under the Act runs from:
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Section 42 requires prosecutions for anything done or intended to be done under the Act, or under the general police-powers it gives, to be commenced "within three months after the act complained of shall have been committed", not from knowledge, registration of an FIR or release. The part of section 42 relating to the limitation of civil suits was repealed by Act 9 of 1871, so suits are governed by the general law of limitation.