law: Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
  
  1.Short title, extent and commencement.-
  (1) This Act may be called the Code of
  
  Criminal Procedure, 1973.
  (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir :
  
  Provided that the provisions of this Code, other than those relating to
  
  Chapters VIII, X and XI thereof, shall not apply-
  (a)to the State of  Nagaland ,
  (b)to the tribal areas, but the concerned
  
  State Government may, by notification, apply such provisions or any of them to
  
  the whole or part of the State of  Nagaland or such tribal areas,
  
  as the case may be, with such supplemental, incidental or consequential
  
  modifications, as may be specified in the notification.
  
  Explanation.-In this section, "tribal areas">means the
  
  territories which immediately before the 21st day of January, 1972, were
  
  included in the tribal areas of Assam , as referred to in
  
  paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, other than those within
  
  the local limits of the  municipality of 
  
   Shillong .
  (3) It shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 1974.