Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 147

BNSS 147: earlier CrPC 128

Section 147 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 128 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 147 deals with enforcement of order of maintenance. 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 147 was CrPC 128.

Enforcement of order of maintenance.

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. IX
s. 128
Enforcement of order of maintenance
A copy of the order of 1[maintenance or interim maintenance and expenses of proceedings, as the case may be,] shall be given without payment to the person in whose favour it is made, or to his guardian, if any, or to the person to 2[whom the allowance for the maintenance or the allowance for the interim maintenance and expenses of proceeding, as the case may be,] is to be paid; and such order may be enforced by any Magistrate in any place where the person against whom it is made may be, on such Magistrate being satisfied as to the identity of the parties and the non-payment of the 3[allowance, or as the case may be, expenses, due]. A.—Unlawful assemblies
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. X
s. 147
Enforcement of order of maintenance.
A copy of the order of maintenance or interim maintenance and expenses of proceedings, as the case may be, shall be given without payment to the person in whose favour it is made, or to his guardian, if any, or to the person to whom the allowance for the maintenance or the allowance for the interim maintenance and expenses of proceeding, as the case may be, is to be paid; and such order may be enforced by any Magistrate in any place where the person against whom it is made may be, on such Magistrate being satisfied as to the identity of the parties and the non-payment of the allowance, or as the case may be, expenses, due.
Text from India Code

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