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offence, but does not include a police report.
Explanation .-A report made by a police officer in a case which discloses, after investigation, the
commission of a non -cognizable o ffence shall be deemed to be a complaint; and the police officer by
whom such report is made shall be deemed to be the complainant;
(e)“High Court ” means, - (i)in relation to any State, the High Court for that State; (ii)in relation to a Union territory to which the jurisdiction of the High Court for a State has
been extended by law, that High Court; (iii)in relation to any other Union territory, the highest Court of criminal appeal for that
territory other than the Supreme Court of India; (f)“India ” means the territories to which this Code extends; (g)“inquiry ” means every inquiry, other than a trial, conducted under this Code by a Magistrate
or Court; (h)“investigation ” includes all the proceedings under this Code for the collection of evidence
cond ucted by a police officer or by any person (other than a Magistrate) who is authorised by a
Magistrate in this behalf; (i)“judicial proceeding ” includes any proceeding in the course of which evidence is or may be
legally taken on oath; (j)“local jurisdic tion”, in relation to a Court or Magistrate, means the local area within which the
Court or Magistrate may exercise all or any of its or his powers under this Code 1[and such local area
may comprise the whole of the State, or any part of the State, as the State Government may, by
notification, specify]; (k)“metropolitan area ” means the area declared, or deemed to be declared, under section 8, to be
a metropolitan area; (l)“non-cognizable offence ” means an offence for which, and “non-cognizable case ” means a
case in which, a police officer has no authority to arrest without warrant; (m)“notification ” means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (n)“offence ” means any act or omission made punishable by any law for the time being in force
and inc ludes any act in respect of which a complaint may be made under section 20 of the Cattle -
trespass Act, 1871 (1 of 1871); (o)“officer in charge of a police station ” includes, when the officer in charge of the police station
is absent from the station -house or unable from illness or other cause to perform his duties, the police
officer present at the station -house who is next in rank to such officer and is above the rank of
constable or, when the State Government so directs, any other police officer so prese nt; (p)“place ” includes a house, building, tent, vehicle and vessel; (q)“pleader ”, when used with reference to any proceeding in any Court, means a person
authorised by or under any law for the time being in force, to practise in such Court, and includes any
other person appointed with the permission of the Court to act in such proceeding; (r)“police report ” means a report forwarded by a police officer to a Magistrate under
sub-section ( 2) of section 173; (s)“police station ” means any post or place declared generally or specially by the State
Government, to be a police station, and includes any local area specified by the State Government in
this behalf;