Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 523

BNSS 523: earlier CrPC 477

Section 523 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 477 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 523 deals with power of High Court to make rules. 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 523 was CrPC 477.

Power of High Court to make rules.

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXXVII
s. 477
Power of High Court to make rules
(1) Every High Court may, with the previous approval of the State Government, make rules—
(a) as to the persons who may be permitted to act as petition-writers in the Criminal Courts subordinate to it;
(b) regulating the issue of licences to such persons, the conduct of business by them, and the scale of fees to be charged by them;
(c) providing a penalty for a contravention of any of the rules so made and determining the authority by which such contravention may be investigated and the penalties imposed;
(d) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed.
(2) All rules made under this section shall be published in the Official Gazette.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXXIX
s. 523
Power of High Court to make rules.
(1) Every High Court may, with the previous approval of the State Government, make rules---
(a) as to the persons who may be permitted to act as petition-writers in the Criminal Courts subordinate to it;
(b) regulating the issue of licences to such persons, the conduct of business by them, and the scale of fees to be charged by them;
(c) providing a penalty for a contravention of any of the rules so made and determining the authority by which such contravention may be investigated and the penalties imposed;
(d) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, provided by rules made by the State Government.
(2) All rules made under this section shall be published in the Official Gazette.
Text from India Code

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