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The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898

( ACT NO. V OF 1898 )

Chapter XV

OF THE JURISDICTION OF THE CRIMINAL COURTS IN INQUIRIES AND TRIALS

B.-Conditions requisite for Initiation of Proceedings

Objection by lawful guardian to compliant by person other than person aggrieved
1[199A. When in any case falling under section 198 or section 199, the person on whose behalf the complaint is sought to be made is under the age of eighteen years or is a lunatic, and the person applying for leave has not been appointed or declared by competent authority to be the guardian of the person of the said minor or lunatic, and the Court is satisfied that there is a guardian so appointed or declared, notice shall be given to such guardian, and the Court shall, before granting the application, give him a reasonable opportunity of objecting to the granting thereof.]

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    Section 199A was inserted by section 53 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1923 (Act No. XVIII of 1923)
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