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25/04/2024
Laws of Bangladesh

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898

( ACT NO. V OF 1898 )

Chapter IX

UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLIES

Protection against prosecution for acts done under this Chapter
132. No prosecution against any person for any act purporting to be done under this Chapter shall be instituted in any Criminal Court, except with the sanction of the Government; and-
 
 
(a) no Magistrate or police-officer acting under this Chapter in good faith,
 
 
(b) no officer acting under section 131 in good faith,
 
 
(c) no person doing any act in good faith, in compliance with a requisition under section 128 or section 130, and
 
 
(d) no inferior officer, or soldier, or volunteer, doing any act in obedience to any order which he was bound to obey,
 
 
shall be deemed to have thereby committed an offence:
 
 
Provided that no such prosecution shall be instituted in any Criminal Court against any officer or soldier in the Bangladesh Army except with the sanction of the Government.

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