Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 313

BNSS 313: earlier CrPC 278

Section 313 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 278 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 313 deals with procedure in regard to such evidence when completed. 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 313 was CrPC 278.

Procedure in regard to such evidence when completed. · The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below.

Modified
97% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXIII
s. 278
Procedure in regard to such evidence when completed
(1) As the evidence of each witness taken under section 275 or section 276 is completed, it shall be read over to him in the presence of the accused, if in attendance, or of his pleader, if he appears by pleader, and shall, if necessary, be corrected.
(2) If the witness denies the correctness of any part of the evidence when the same is read over to him, the Magistrate or presiding Judge may, instead of correcting the evidence, make a memorandum thereon of the objection made to it by the witness and shall add such remarks as he thinks necessary.
(3) If the record of the evidence is in a language different from that in which it has been given and the witness does not understand that language, the record shall be interpreted to him in the language in which it was given, or in a language which he understands.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXV
s. 313
Procedure in regard to such evidence when completed.
(1) As the evidence of each witness taken under section 310 or section 311 is completed, it shall be read over to him in the presence of the accused, if in attendance, or of his advocate, if he appears by an advocate, and shall, if necessary, be corrected.
(2) If the witness denies the correctness of any part of the evidence when the same is read over to him, the Magistrate or presiding Judge may, instead of correcting the evidence, make a memorandum thereon of the objection made to it by the witness and shall add such remarks as he thinks necessary.
(3) If the record of the evidence is in a language different from that in which it has been given and the witness does not understand that language, the record shall be interpreted to him in the language in which it was given, or in a language which he understands.
Text from India Code

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