Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 318

BNSS 318: earlier CrPC 283

Section 318 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 283 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 318 deals with record in High Court. 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 318 was CrPC 283.

Record in High Court.

Carried over
88% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXIII
s. 283
Record in High Court
Every High Court may, by general rule, prescribe the manner in which the evidence of witnesses and the examination of the accused shall be taken down in cases coming before it, and such evidence and examination shall be taken down in accordance with such rule. B.—Commissions for the examination of witnesses
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXV
s. 318
Record in High Court.
Every High Court may, by general rule, prescribe the manner in which the evidence of witnesses and the examination of the accused shall be taken down in cases coming before it, and such evidence and examination shall be taken down in accordance with such rule.
Text from India Code
Related sectionsCrPC 283 · Record in High Court
BNSS 317 · Interpreter to be bound to interpret truthfully.BNSS 319 · When attendance of witness may be dispensed with and commission issued.

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