Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 459

BNSS 459: earlier CrPC 419

Section 459 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 419 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 459 deals with direction of warrant for execution. 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 459 was CrPC 419.

Direction of warrant for execution.

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXXII
s. 419
Direction of warrant for execution
Every warrant for the execution of a sentence of imprisonment shall be directed to the officer in charge of the jail or other place in which the prisoner is, or is to be, confined.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXXIV
s. 459
Direction of warrant for execution.
Every warrant for the execution of a sentence of imprisonment shall be directed to the officer in charge of the jail or other place in which the prisoner is, or is to be, confined.
Text from India Code
Related sectionsCrPC 419 · Direction of warrant for execution
BNSS 458 · Execution of sentence of imprisonment.BNSS 460 · Warrant with whom to be lodged.

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