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The _______ states that no woman shall be arrested after sunset and before sunrise except under exceptional circumstances.

A.
Code of Criminal Procedure
B.
Police Act
C.
Indian Penal Code
D.
Probation of Offenders Act

Solution:

The correct answer is the Code of Criminal Procedure.The provision that no woman should be arrested before sunrise or after sunset is mentionedThe Code of Criminal Procedure or the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) is the chief legislation on the procedure for the administration of criminal law in India. It wasIt aims to provide resources for the investigation of crime, apprehension of suspected criminals, collection of evidence, determination of guilt or innocence of the accused person, and the determination of punishment of the guilty along with dealing with public nuisance, prevention of offenses, and maintenance of wife, child, and parents.At present, this act contains 565 sections divided into 46 chapters, 5 schedules, and 56 forms.Additional InformationThe Indian Penal Code (IPC) is the official criminal code of India. It is a code that aims to cover all the substantive aspects of criminal law. The code was recommended by the first law commission of India (established in 1834) under the Charter Act of 1833 whose Chairman was Lord Thomas Macaulay. It was passed in the year 1860 and came into force in British India during the early British Raj period in 1862.The Police Act of 1861 was enacted by the British Govt. after the revolt of 1857 to improve the efficiency of the police in the country and to prevent any future revolts. This means that the police have to always comply with those in power.The Probation of Offenders Act, introduced in the year 1958 aims to reform amateur offenders by providing rehabilitation in society and to prevent the conversion of youthful offenders into criminals under the environmental influence by keeping them in jails along with hardened criminals.Name of the Law Year of Enactment Police Act 1861Indian Penal Code 1860 Probation of Offenders Act 1958

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