Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 518

BNSS 518: earlier CrPC 472

Section 518 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 472 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 518 deals with continuing offence. 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 518 was CrPC 472.

Continuing offence.

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXXVI
s. 472
Continuing offence
In the case of a continuing offence, a fresh period of limitation shall begin to run at every moment of the time during which the offence continues.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXXVIII
s. 518
Continuing offence.
In the case of a continuing offence, a fresh period of limitation shall begin to run at every moment of the time during which the offence continues.
Text from India Code
Related sectionsCrPC 472 · Continuing offence
BNSS 517 · Exclusion of date on which Court is closed.BNSS 519 · Extension of period of limitation in certain cases.

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