What was BNSS 109 in the CrPC?

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 109

BNSS 109: earlier CrPC 104

Section 109 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 104 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 109 deals with power to impound document, etc., produced. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024. Both texts are set out below, side by side, with the changed words marked.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

BNSS 109 was CrPC 104.

Power to impound document, etc., produced.

Carried over

94% of the old wording kept

Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. VII

s. 104

Power to impound document, etc., produced

Any Court may, if it thinks fit, impound any document or thing produced before it under this Code.

Text from the official India Code PDF

New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. VII

s. 109

Power to impound document, etc., produced.

Any Court may, if it thinks fit, impound any document or thing produced before it under this Sanhita.

Text from India Code

BNSS 108 · Magistrate may direct search in his presence.BNSS 110 · Reciprocal arrangements regarding processes.

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