Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 494

BNSS 494: earlier CrPC 448

Section 494 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 448 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 494 deals with bond required from child. 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 494 was CrPC 448.

Bond required from child. · The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below.

Modified
97% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXXIII
s. 448
Bond required from minor
When the person required by any Court, or officer to execute a bond is a minor, such Court or officer may accept, in lieu thereof, a bond executed by a surety or sureties only.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXXV
s. 494
Bond required from child.
When the person required by any Court, or officer to execute a bond is a child, such Court or officer may accept, in lieu thereof, a bond executed by a surety or sureties only.
Text from India Code

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