Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
BNSS 357 was CrPC 318.
Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings.
Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXIV
s. 318
Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings
If the accused, though not of unsound mind, cannot be made to understand the proceedings, the Court may proceed with the inquiry or trial; and, in the case of a Court other than a High Court, if such proceedings result in a conviction, the proceedings shall be forwarded to the High Court with a report of the circumstances of the case, and the High Court shall pass thereon such order as it thinks fit.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXVI
s. 357
Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings.
If the accused, though not a person of unsound mind, cannot be made to understand the proceedings, the Court may proceed with the inquiry or trial; and, in the case of a Court other than a High Court, if such proceedings result in a conviction, the proceedings shall be forwarded to the High Court with a report of the circumstances of the case, and the High Court shall pass thereon such order as it thinks fit.
Text from India Code