Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 508

BNSS 508: earlier CrPC 462

Section 508 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 462 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 508 deals with proceedings in wrong place. 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 508 was CrPC 462.

Proceedings in wrong place.

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXXV
s. 462
Proceedings in wrong place
No finding, sentence or order of any Criminal Court shall be set aside merely on the ground that the inquiry, trial or other proceedings in the course of which it was arrived at or passed, took place in a wrong sessions division, district, sub-division or other local area, unless it appears that such error has in fact occasioned a failure of justice.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXXVII
s. 508
Proceedings in wrong place.
No finding, sentence or order of any Criminal Court shall be set aside merely on the ground that the inquiry, trial or other proceedings in the course of which it was arrived at or passed, took place in a wrong sessions division, district, sub-division or other local area, unless it appears that such error has in fact occasioned a failure of justice.
Text from India Code
Related sectionsCrPC 462 · Proceedings in wrong place
BNSS 507 · Irregularities which vitiate proceedings.BNSS 509 · Non-compliance with provisions of section 183 or section 316.

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