Section 39 – Arrest on refusal to give name and residence.– The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 39 – Arrest on refusal to give name and residence.– (1) When any person who, in the presence of a police…
Section 38 – Right of arrested person to meet an advocate of his choice during interrogation.– The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 38 – Right of arrested person to meet an advocate of his choice during interrogation.– When…
Section 37 – Designated police officer.– The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 37 – Designated police officer.– The State Government shall— (a) establish a police control room in every district and at State level; (b) designate a police…
Section 36 – Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest.– The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 36 – Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest.–Every police officer while making an arrest shall— (a) bear…
Section 35 – When police may arrest without warrant.– The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 35 – When police may arrest without warrant.–(1) Any police officer may without an order from a Magistrate and without a warrant, arrest…
Section 34 – Duty of officers employed in connection with affairs of a village to make certain report.– The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 34 – Duty of officers employed in connection with affairs of a village to…
Section 33 – Public to give information of certain offences.– The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 33 – Public to give information of certain offences.– (1) Every person, aware of the commission of, or of the intention of…
Section 32 – Aid to person, other than police officer, executing warrant.– The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 32 – Aid to person, other than police officer, executing warrant.– When a warrant is directed to a person other…
Section 31 – Public when to assist Magistrates and police.– The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 31 – Public when to assist Magistrates and police.– Every person is bound to assist a Magistrate or police officer reasonably demanding…
Section 30 – Powers of superior officers of police.– The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 30 – Powers of superior officers of police.– Police officers superior in rank to an officer in charge of a police station may…
Section 29 – Powers of Judges and Magistrates exercisable by their successors-in- office.– The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 29 – Powers of Judges and Magistrates exercisable by their successors-in- office.– (1) Subject to the other provisions of…
Section 28 – Withdrawal of powers.– The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 28 – Withdrawal of powers.– (1) The High Court or the State Government, as the case may be, may withdraw all or any of the powers…
Section 27 – Powers of officers appointed.– The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 27 – Powers of officers appointed.– Whenever any person holding an office in the service of Government who has been invested by the High Court…
Section 26 – Mode of conferring powers.– The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 26 – Mode of conferring powers.– (1) In conferring powers under this Sanhita, the High Court or the State Government, as the case may be,…
Section 25 – Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial.– The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 25 – Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial.– (1) When a person is…
Section 24 – Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine.– The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 24 – Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine.– (1) The Court of a Magistrate may award such term of imprisonment in…
Section 23 – Sentences which Magistrates may pass.– The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 23 – Sentences which Magistrates may pass.– (1) The Court of a Chief Judicial Magistrate may pass any sentence authorised by law except a…
Section 22 – Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass.– The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 22 – Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass.- (1) A High Court may pass any sentence authorised…
Section 21 – Courts by which offences are triable.– The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 21 – Courts by which offences are triable.– Subject to the other provisions of this Sanhita,— (a) any offence under the Bharatiya Nyaya…
Section 20 – Directorate of Prosecution.– The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 20 – Directorate of Prosecution.– (1) The State Government may establish,—(a) a Directorate of Prosecution in the State consisting of a Director of Prosecution and as…
Section 19 – Assistant Public Prosecutors. – The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 19 – Assistant Public Prosecutors. – (1) The State Government shall appoint in every district one or more Assistant Public Prosecutors for conducting prosecutions in…
Section 18 – Public Prosecutors. – The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 18 – Public Prosecutors. – (1) For every High Court, the Central Government or the State Government shall, after consultation with the High Court, appoint a…
Section 17 – Subordination of Executive Magistrates. – The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 17 – Subordination of Executive Magistrates. – (1) All Executive Magistrates shall be subordinate to the District Magistrate, and every Executive Magistrate (other than…
Section 16 – Local Jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates. – The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 16 – Local Jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates. – (1) Subject to the control of the State Government, the District Magistrate may, from time…
Section 15 – Special Executive Magistrates. – The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 15 – Special Executive Magistrates. – The State Government may appoint, for such term as it may think fit, Executive Magistrates or any police officer…
