Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 267

BNSS 267: earlier CrPC 244

Section 267 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 244 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 267 deals with evidence for prosecution. 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 267 was CrPC 244.

Evidence for prosecution.

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XIX
s. 244
Evidence for prosecution
(1) When, in any warrant-case instituted otherwise than on a police report, the accused appears or is brought before a Magistrate, the Magistrate shall proceed to hear the prosecution and take all such evidence as may be produced in support of the prosecution.
(2) The Magistrate may, on the application of the prosecution, issue a summons to any of its witnesses directing him to attend or to produce any document or other thing.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XX
s. 267
Evidence for prosecution.
(1) When, in any warrant-case instituted otherwise than on a police report, the accused appears or is brought before a Magistrate, the Magistrate shall proceed to hear the prosecution and take all such evidence as may be produced in support of the prosecution.
(2) The Magistrate may, on the application of the prosecution, issue a summons to any of its witnesses directing him to attend or to produce any document or other thing.
Text from India Code

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