Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 488

BNSS 488: earlier CrPC 443

Section 488 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 443 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 488 deals with power to order sufficient bail when that first taken is insufficient. 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 488 was CrPC 443.

Power to order sufficient bail when that first taken is insufficient.

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXXIII
s. 443
Power to order sufficient bail when that first taken is insufficient
If, through mistake, fraud or otherwise, insufficient sureties have been accepted, or if they afterwards become insufficient, the Court may issue a warrant of arrest directing that the person released on bail be brought before it and may order him to find sufficient sureties, and, on his failing so to do, may commit him to jail.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXXV
s. 488
Power to order sufficient bail when that first taken is insufficient.
If, through mistake, fraud or otherwise, insufficient sureties have been accepted, or if they afterwards become insufficient, the Court may issue a warrant of arrest directing that the person released on bail be brought before it and may order him to find sufficient sureties, and, on his failing so to do, may commit him to jail.
Text from India Code

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