Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 490

BNSS 490: earlier CrPC 445

Section 490 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 445 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 490 deals with deposit instead of recognizance. 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 490 was CrPC 445.

Deposit instead of recognizance. · The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below.

Modified
95% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXXIII
s. 445
Deposit instead of recognizance
When any person is required by any Court or officer to execute a bond with or without sureties, such Court or officer may, except in the case of a bond for good behaviour, permit him to deposit a sum of money or Government promissory notes to such amount as the Court or officer may fix in lieu of executing such bond.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXXV
s. 490
Deposit instead of recognizance.
When any person is required by any Court or officer to execute a bond or bail bond, such Court or officer may, except in the case of a bond for good behaviour, permit him to deposit a sum of money or Government promissory notes to such amount as the Court or officer may fix in lieu of executing such bond.
Text from India Code

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