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    Question

    What is the time limit for a person to apply to the High

    Court to set aside a declaration of forfeiture under Section 96 of CrPC?
    A Within 1 month from the date of publication in the Official Gazette Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Within 2 months from the date of publication in the Official Gazette Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Within 3 months from the date of publication in the Official Gazette Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Within 6 months from the date of publication in the Official Gazette Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No time limit is prescribed under the law Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Section 96. Application to High Court to set aside declaration of forfeiture.—(1) Any person having any interest in any newspaper, book or other document, in respect of which a declaration of forfeiture has been made under section 95, may, within two months from the date of publication in the Official Gazette of such declaration, apply to the High Court to set aside such declaration on the ground that the issue of the newspaper, or the book or other document, in respect of which the declaration was made, did not contain any such matter as is referred to in sub-section (1) of section 95.

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