Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 477

BNSS 477: earlier CrPC 435

Section 477 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 435 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 477 deals with state Government to act after concurrence with Central Government in certain cases. The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

BNSS 477 was CrPC 435.

State Government to act after concurrence with Central Government in certain cases. · The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below.

Modified
89% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXXII
s. 435
State Government to act after consultation with Central Government in certain cases
(1) The powers conferred by sections 432 and 433 upon the State Government to remit or commute a sentence, in any case where the sentence is for an offence—
(a) which was investigated by the Delhi Special Police Establishment constituted under the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 (25 of 1946), or by any other agency empowered to make investigation into an offence under any Central Act other than this Code, or
(b) which involved the misappropriation or destruction of, or damage to, any property belonging to the Central Government, or
(c) which was committed by a person in the service of the Central Government while acting or purporting to act in the discharge of his official duty, shall not be exercised by the State Government except after consultation with the Central Government.
(2) No order of suspension, remission or commutation of sentences passed by the State Government in relation to a person, who has been convicted of offences, some of which relate to matters to which the executive power of the Union extends, and who has been sentenced to separate terms of imprisonment which are to run concurrently, shall have effect unless an order for the suspension, remission or commutation, as the case may be, of such sentences has also been made by the Central Government in relation to the offences committed by such person with regard to matters to which the executive power of the Union extends.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXXIV
s. 477
State Government to act after concurrence with Central Government in certain cases.
(1) The powers conferred by sections 473 and 474 upon the State Government to remit or commute a sentence, in any case where the sentence is for an offence---
(a) which was investigated by any agency empowered to make investigation into an offence under any Central Act other than this Sanhita; or
(b) which involved the misappropriation or destruction of, or damage to, any property belonging to the Central Government; or
(c) which was committed by a person in the service of the Central Government while acting or purporting to act in the discharge of his official duty,
shall not be exercised by the State Government except after concurrence with the Central Government.
(2) No order of suspension, remission or commutation of sentences passed by the State Government in relation to a person, who has been convicted of offences, some of which relate to matters to which the executive power of the Union extends, and who has been sentenced to separate terms of imprisonment which are to run concurrently, shall have effect unless an order for the suspension, remission or commutation, as the case may be, of such sentences has also been made by the Central Government in relation to the offences committed by such person with regard to matters to which the executive power of the Union extends.
Text from India Code

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