Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 57

BNSS 57: earlier CrPC 56

Section 57 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 56 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 57 deals with person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

BNSS 57 was CrPC 56.

Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station.

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. V
s. 56
Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station
A police officer making an arrest without warrant shall, without unnecessary delay and subject to the provisions herein contained as to bail, take or send the person arrested before a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the case, or before the officer in charge of a police station.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. V
s. 57
Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station.
A police officer making an arrest without warrant shall, without unnecessary delay and subject to the provisions herein contained as to bail, take or send the person arrested before a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the case, or before the officer in charge of a police station.
Text from India Code

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