Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 520

BNSS 520: earlier CrPC 474

Section 520 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 474 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 520 deals with trials before High Courts. 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 520 was CrPC 474.

Trials before High Courts.

Carried over
97% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXXVII
s. 474
Trials before High Courts
When an offence is tried by the High Court otherwise than under section 407, it shall, in the trial of the offence, observe the same procedure as a Court of Sessions would observe if it were trying the case.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXXIX
s. 520
Trials before High Courts.
When an offence is tried by the High Court otherwise than under section 447, it shall, in the trial of the offence, observe the same procedure as a Court of Sessions would observe if it were trying the case.
Text from India Code
Related sectionsCrPC 474 · Trials before High Courts
BNSS 519 · Extension of period of limitation in certain cases.BNSS 521 · Delivery to commanding officers of persons liable to be tried by Court-martial.

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