Section 164B(1) in The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1989 (1933 A. D.)
(1)Where, during the stage when an offence of committing rape or attempt to commit rape is under investigation, it is proposed to get the person of the woman with whom rape is alleged or attempted to have been committed or attempted, examined by a medical expert, such examination shall be conducted by a female registered medical practitioner employed in a hospital run by the Government or a local authority and in the absence of a such a practitioner, by any other female registered medical practitioner, with the consent of such woman or of a person competent to give such consent on her behalf and such woman shall be sent to such registered medical practitioner within twenty-four hours from time of receiving the information relating to the commission of such offence.
