Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 155

BNSS 155: earlier CrPC 136

Section 155 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 136 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 155 deals with penalty for failure to comply with section 154. 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 155 was CrPC 136.

Penalty for failure to comply with section 154.

Carried over
79% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. X
s. 136
Consequences of his failing to do so
If such person does not perform such act or appear and show cause, he shall be liable to the penalty prescribed in that behalf in section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), and the order shall be made absolute.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XI
s. 155
Penalty for failure to comply with section 154.
If the person against whom an order is made under section 154 does not perform such act or appear and show cause, he shall be liable to the penalty specified in that behalf in section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and the order shall be made absolute.
Text from India Code
Related sectionsCrPC 136 · Consequences of his failing to do so
BNSS 154 · Person to whom order is addressed to obey or show cause.BNSS 156 · Procedure where existence of public right is denied.

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