[Rev. 2012] Criminal Procedure Code CAP. 75 CHAPTER 75 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE [Date of commencement: 1st August 1930.] An Act of Parliament to make provision for the procedure to be followed in criminal cases [Cap. 27 (1948), Act No. 9 of 1951, Act No. 39 of 1951, Act No. 42 of 1952, Act No. 42 of 1954, Act No. 57 of 1955, Act No. 48 of 1956, Act No. 26 of 1957, Act No. 5 of 1958, Act No. 33 of 1958, Act No. 22 of 1959, Act No. 54 of 1960, Act No. 11 of 1961, Act No. 15 of 1961, Act No. 25 of 1961, Act No. 27 of 1961, Act No. 28 of 1961, Act No. 36 of 1962, Act No. 48 of 1962, Act No. 33 of 1963, Act No. 46 of 1963, L.N. 299/1956, L.N. 300/1956, L.N. 182/1958, L.N. 172/1960, L.N. 173/1960, L.N. 102/1962, L.N. 142/1963, L.N. 474/1963, L.N. 761/1963, L.N. 18/1964, L.N. 124/1964, L.N. 374/1964, Act No. 19 of 1964, Act No. 20 of 1965, Act No. 13 of 1967, Act No. 17 of 1967, Act No. 29 of 1967, Act No. 8 of 1968, Act No. 3 of 1969, Act No. 10 of 1969, Act No. 11 of 1970, Act No. 25 of 1971, Act No. 4 of 1974, Act No. 6 of 1976, Act No. 16 of 1977, Act No. 13 of 1978, Act No. 18 of 1979, Act No. 13 of 1980, Act No. 13 of 1982, Act No. 10 of 1983, Act No. 11 of 1983, Act No. 12 of 1984, Act No. 19 of 1984, Act No. 19 of 1985, Act No. 18 of 1986, L.N. 199/1986, L.N. 22/1984, Act No. 13 of 1988, Act No. 6 of 1989, Act No. 20 of 1989, Act No. 7 of 1990, Act No. 14 of 1991, Act No. 11 of 1993, Act No. 5 of 2003, Act No. 3 of 2006, Act No. 7 of 2007, Act No. 11 of 2008, Act No. 12 of 2012.] PART I – PRELIMINARY 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Criminal Procedure Code. 2. Interpretation In this Code, unless the context otherwise requires— “cognizable offence” means an offence for which a police officer may, in accordance with the First Schedule or under any law for the time being in force, arrest without warrant; “complaint” means an allegation that some person known or unknown has committed or is guilty of an offence; “drug related offence” means any specified in Part V of the Dangerous Drugs Act (Cap. 245) and includes the possession, manufacture, distribution or receipt of any drug of any quantity whatsoever; “non-cognizable offence” means an offence for which a police officer may not arrest without warrant; “officer in charge of a police station” includes any officer superior in rank to an officer in charge of a police station and also includes, when the officer in charge of the police station is absent from the station-house, or unable from illness or other cause to perform his duties, the police officer present at the station-house who is next in rank to that officer, and is above the rank of constable, or, when the Attorney-General so directs, any other police officer so present; “plea agreement” means an agreement entered into between the prosecution and an accused person in a criminal trial in accordance with Part IV; C44 - 17 [Issue 1]