Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
BNSS 128 was CrPC 109.
Security for good behaviour from suspected persons. · The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below.
Modified
95% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. VIII
s. 109
Security for good behaviour from suspected persons
When 2[an Executive Magistrate] receives information that there is within his local jurisdiction a person taking precautions to conceal his presence and that there is reason to believe that he is doing so with a view to committing a cognizable offence, the Magistrate may, in the manner hereinafter provided, require such person to show cause why he should not be ordered to execute a bond, with or without sureties, for his good behaviour for such period, not exceeding one year, as the Magistrate thinks fit.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. IX
s. 128
Security for good behaviour from suspected persons.
When an Executive Magistrate receives information that there is within his local jurisdiction a person taking precautions to conceal his presence and that there is reason to believe that he is doing so with a view to committing a cognizable offence, the Magistrate may, in the manner hereinafter provided, require such person to show cause why he should not be ordered to execute a bond or bail bond for his good behaviour for such period, not exceeding one year, as the Magistrate thinks fit.
Text from India Code