Section 164A CrPC
Definition
The provision of India's former Code of Criminal Procedure requiring the medical examination of rape complainants by a registered medical practitioner within 24 hours of a complaint, with written consent and a prescribed examination form submitted to the investigating officer.
Related terms
- Anonymous reporting
- A report made to law enforcement that discloses certain facts about an assault (location, weapon, method) without identifying the patient. It triggers...
- Capacity
- The ability of a person to understand information relevant to a decision, retain it, weigh options, and communicate a choice. Capacity is...
- Evidentiary consent
- Consent for the collection, storage, and law-enforcement release of biological and physical evidence from the patient's body. Separate from treatment consent; a...
- Mandatory reporting
- A statutory obligation in specified categories, most commonly child abuse and serious violent crime, that requires a health professional to report to...
- Unreported kit
- A forensic evidence kit stored (often under a code identifier rather than the patient's name) without being released to law enforcement, giving...
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- Consent and Mandatory Reporting in Sexual Assault CasesThe provision of India's former Code of Criminal Procedure requiring the medical examination of rape complainants by a registered medical practitioner within 2...