The Sikkim Criminal Procedure Act, 1976

(1) This Act may be called the Sikkim Criminal Procedure Act 1976. (2) It shall come into force at once.

The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 1898 subject to the exceptions and modifications mentioned in the Schedule below have been the law in force in the territories comprised in the State of Sikkim immediately before the commencement of the Constitution (Thirty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1975 and is and shall be in force as the law relating to criminal procedure in the State of Sikkim until amended or repealed by a competent Legislature or other competent authority.

The provisions of Chapter XVIII and Chapter XXIII of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, do not and shall not apply and all cases triable by the Court of Sessions are and shall be filed in such Court and the trial before the Court of Session is and shall be according to the provisions of Chapter XXI of the Code.