What was BNSS 301 in the CrPC?

BNSS 301: earlier CrPC 266 · Definitions

BNSS 301: earlier CrPC 266

Section 301 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 266 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 301 deals with definitions. 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 301 was CrPC 266.

Definitions.

Carried over

96% of the old wording kept

Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXII

s. 266

Definitions

In this Chapter,—

(a) “detained” includes detained under any law providing for preventive detention;

(b) “prison” includes,—

(i) any place which has been declared by the State Government, by general or special order, to be a subsidiary jail;

(ii) any reformatory, Borstal institution or institution of a like nature.

Text from the official India Code PDF

New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXIV

s. 301

Definitions.

In this Chapter,---

(a) "detained" includes detained under any law providing for preventive detention;

(b) "prison" includes,---

(i) any place which has been declared by the State Government, by general or special order, to be a subsidiary jail;

(ii) any reformatory, Borstal institution or other institution of a like nature.

Text from India Code