Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 512

BNSS 512: earlier CrPC 466

Section 512 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 466 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 512 deals with defect or error not to make attachment unlawful. 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 512 was CrPC 466.

Defect or error not to make attachment unlawful.

Carried over
98% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXXV
s. 466
Defect or error not to make attachment unlawful
No attachment made under this Code shall be deemed unlawful, nor shall any person making the same be deemed a trespasser, on account of any defect or want of form in the summons, conviction, writ of attachment or other proceedings relating thereto.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXXVII
s. 512
Defect or error not to make attachment unlawful.
No attachment made under this Sanhita shall be deemed unlawful, nor shall any person making the same be deemed a trespasser, on account of any defect or want of form in the summons, conviction, writ of attachment or other proceedings relating thereto.
Text from India Code
Related sectionsCrPC 466 · Defect or error not to make attachme…
BNSS 511 · Finding or sentence when reversible by reason of error, omission or irregularity.BNSS 513 · Definitions.

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