Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 471

BNSS 471: earlier CrPC 431

Section 471 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 431 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 471 deals with money ordered to be paid recoverable as a fine. 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 471 was CrPC 431.

Money ordered to be paid recoverable as a fine.

Carried over
88% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXXII
s. 431
Money ordered to be paid recoverable as a fine
Any money (other than a fine) payable by virtue of any order made under this Code, and the method of recovery of which is not otherwise expressly provided for, shall be recoverable as if it were a fine:
Provided that section 421 shall, in its application to an order under section 359, by virtue of this section, be construed as if in the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 421, after the words and figures “under section 357”, the words and figures “or an order for payment of costs under section 359” had been inserted. E.—Suspension, remission and commutation of sentences
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXXIV
s. 471
Money ordered to be paid recoverable as a fine.
Any money (other than a fine) payable by virtue of any order made under this Sanhita, and the method of recovery of which is not otherwise expressly provided for, shall be recoverable as if it were a fine:
Provided that section 461 shall, in its application to an order under section 400, by virtue of this section, be construed as if in the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 461, after the words and figures "under section 395", the words and figures "or an order for payment of costs under section 400" had been inserted.
Text from India Code

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