Section 471 of The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 View Chapter 36

Exclusion of date on which Court is closed.

   1[Where the period of limitation expires on a day when the Court is closed, the Court may take cognizance on the day on which the Court reopens.

   Explanation.—A Court shall be deemed to be closed on any day within the meaning of this section, if, during its normal working hours, it remains closed on that day.

1Provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to certain economic offences, see the Economic Offences (Inapplicability of Limitation) Act, 1974 (12 of 1974), s. 2 and Sch.