Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 203

BNSS 203: earlier CrPC 183

Section 203 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 183 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 203 deals with offence committed on journey or voyage. 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 203 was CrPC 183.

Offence committed on journey or voyage.

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XIII
s. 183
Offence committed on journey or voyage
When an offence is committed whilst the person by or against whom, or the thing in respect of which, the offence is committed is in the course of performing a journey or voyage, the offence may be inquired into or tried by a Court through or into whose local jurisdiction that person or thing passed in the course of that journey or voyage.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XIV
s. 203
Offence committed on journey or voyage.
When an offence is committed whilst the person by or against whom, or the thing in respect of which, the offence is committed is in the course of performing a journey or voyage, the offence may be inquired into or tried by a Court through or into whose local jurisdiction that person or thing passed in the course of that journey or voyage.
Text from India Code
Related sectionsCrPC 183 · Offence committed on journey or voyage
BNSS 202 · Offences committed by means of electronic communications, letters, etc.BNSS 204 · Place of trial for offences triable together.

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