Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 340

BNSS 340: earlier CrPC 303

Section 340 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 303 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 340 deals with right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended. 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 340 was CrPC 303.

Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended.

Carried over
90% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXIV
s. 303
Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended
Any person accused of an offence before a Criminal Court, or against whom proceedings are instituted under this Code, may of right be defended by a pleader of his choice.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXVI
s. 340
Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended.
Any person accused of an offence before a Criminal Court, or against whom proceedings are instituted under this Sanhita, may of right be defended by an advocate of his choice.
Text from India Code
Related sectionsCrPC 303 · Right of person against whom proceed…
BNSS 339 · Permission to conduct prosecution.BNSS 341 · Legal aid to accused at State expense in certain cases.

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