Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 199

BNSS 199: earlier CrPC 179

Section 199 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 179 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 199 deals with offence triable where act is done or consequence ensues. 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 199 was CrPC 179.

Offence triable where act is done or consequence ensues.

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XIII
s. 179
Offence triable where act is done or consequence ensues
When an act is an offence by reason of anything which has been done and of a consequence which has ensued, the offence may be inquired into or tried by a Court within whose local jurisdiction such thing has been done or such consequence has ensued.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XIV
s. 199
Offence triable where act is done or consequence ensues.
When an act is an offence by reason of anything which has been done and of a consequence which has ensued, the offence may be inquired into or tried by a Court within whose local jurisdiction such thing has been done or such consequence has ensued.
Text from India Code
Related sectionsCrPC 179 · Offence triable where act is done or…
BNSS 198 · Place of inquiry or trial.BNSS 200 · Place of trial where act is an offence by reason of relation to other offence.

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