Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 375

BNSS 375: earlier CrPC 336

Section 375 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 336 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 375 deals with power of State Government to empower officer in charge to discharge. 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 375 was CrPC 336.

Power of State Government to empower officer in charge to discharge.

Carried over
91% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXV
s. 336
Power of State Government to empower officer-in-charge to discharge
The State Government may empower the officer in charge of the jail in which a person is confined under the provisions of section 330 or section 335 to discharge all or any of the functions of the Inspector-General of Prisons under section 337 or section 338.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXVII
s. 375
Power of State Government to empower officer in charge to discharge.
The State Government may empower the officer in charge of the jail in which a person is confined under the provisions of section 369 or section 374 to discharge all or any of the functions of the Inspector-General of Prisons under section 376 or section 377.
Text from India Code
Related sectionsCrPC 336 · Power of State Government to empower…
BNSS 374 · Person acquitted on ground of unsoundness of mind to be detained in safe custody.BNSS 376 · Procedure where prisoner of unsound mind is reported capable of making his defence.

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