Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 322

BNSS 322: earlier CrPC 287

Section 322 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 287 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 322 deals with parties may examine witnesses. 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 322 was CrPC 287.

Parties may examine witnesses.

Carried over
93% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXIII
s. 287
Parties may examine witnesses
(1) The parties to any proceeding under this Code in which a commission is issued may respectively forward any interrogatories in writing which the Court or Magistrate directing the commission may think relevant to the issue, and it shall be lawful for the Magistrate, Court or officer to whom the commission, is directed, or to whom the duty of executing it is delegated, to examine the witness upon such interrogatories.
(2) Any such party may appear before such magistrate, Court or Officer by pleader, or if not in custody, in person, and may examine, cross-examine and re-examine (as the case may be) the said witness.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXV
s. 322
Parties may examine witnesses.
(1) The parties to any proceeding under this Sanhita in which a commission is issued may respectively forward any interrogatories in writing which the Court or Magistrate directing the commission may think relevant to the issue, and it shall be lawful for the Magistrate, Court or officer to whom the commission, is directed, or to whom the duty of executing it is delegated, to examine the witness upon such interrogatories.
(2) Any such party may appear before such Magistrate, Court or Officer by an advocate, or if not in custody, in person, and may examine, cross-examine and re-examine the said witness.
Text from India Code

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