Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 263

BNSS 263: earlier CrPC 240

Section 263 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 240 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 263 deals with framing of charge. The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

BNSS 263 was CrPC 240.

Framing of charge. · The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below.

Modified
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XIX
s. 240
Framing of charge
(1) If, upon such consideration, examination, if any, and hearing, the Magistrate is of opinion that there is ground for presuming that the accused has committed an offence triable under this Chapter, which such Magistrate is competent to try and which, in his opinion, could be adequately punished by him, he shall frame in writing a charge against the accused.
(2) The charge shall then be read and explained to the accused, and he shall be asked whether he pleads guilty of the offence charged or claims to be tried.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XX
s. 263
Framing of charge.
(1) If, upon such consideration, examination, if any, and hearing, the Magistrate is of opinion that there is ground for presuming that the accused has committed an offence triable under this Chapter, which such Magistrate is competent to try and which, in his opinion, could be adequately punished by him, he shall frame in writing a charge against the accused within a period of sixty days from the date of first hearing on charge.
(2) The charge shall then be read and explained to the accused, and he shall be asked whether he pleads guilty of the offence charged or claims to be tried.
Text from India Code

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