Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 288

BNSS 288: earlier CrPC 265

Section 288 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 265 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 288 deals with language of record and judgment. 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 288 was CrPC 265.

Language of record and judgment.

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXI
s. 265
Language of record and judgment
(1) Every such record and judgment shall be written in the language of the Court.
(2) The High Court may authorise any Magistrate empowered to try offences summarily to prepare the aforesaid record or judgment or both by means of an officer appointed in this behalf by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, and the record or judgment so prepared shall be signed by such Magistrate.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXII
s. 288
Language of record and judgment.
(1) Every such record and judgment shall be written in the language of the Court.
(2) The High Court may authorise any Magistrate empowered to try offences summarily to prepare the aforesaid record or judgment or both by means of an officer appointed in this behalf by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, and the record or judgment so prepared shall be signed by such Magistrate.
Text from India Code
Related sectionsCrPC 265 · Language of record and judgment
BNSS 287 · Judgment in cases tried summarily.BNSS 289 · Application of Chapter.

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