Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 32

BNSS 32: earlier CrPC 38

Section 32 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 38 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 32 deals with aid to person, other than police officer, executing warrant. 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 32 was CrPC 38.

Aid to person, other than police officer, executing warrant.

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. IV
s. 38
Aid to person, other than police officer, executing warrant
When a warrant is directed to a person other than a police officer, any other person may aid in the execution of such warrant, if the person to whom the warrant is directed be near at hand and acting in the execution of the warrant.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. IV
s. 32
Aid to person, other than police officer, executing warrant.
When a warrant is directed to a person other than a police officer, any other person may aid in the execution of such warrant, if the person to whom the warrant is directed be near at hand and acting in the execution of the warrant.
Text from India Code
Related sectionsCrPC 38 · Aid to person, other than police off…
BNSS 31 · Public when to assist Magistrates and police.BNSS 33 · Public to give information of certain offences.

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