Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 444

BNSS 444: earlier CrPC 403

Section 444 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 403 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 444 deals with option of Court to hear parties. 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 444 was CrPC 403.

Option of Court to hear parties.

Carried over
94% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXX
s. 403
Option of Court to hear parties
Save as otherwise expressly provided by this Code, no party has any right to be heard either personally or by pleader before any Court exercising its powers of revision; but the Court may, if it thinks fit, when exercising such powers, hear any party either personally or by pleader.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXXII
s. 444
Option of Court to hear parties.
Save as otherwise expressly provided by this Sanhita, no party has any right to be heard either personally or by an advocate before any Court exercising its powers of revision; but the Court may, if it thinks fit, when exercising such powers, hear any party either personally or by an advocate.
Text from India Code
Related sectionsCrPC 403 · Option of Court to hear parties
BNSS 443 · Power of High Court to withdraw or transfer revision cases.BNSS 445 · High Court's order to be certified to lower Court.

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