Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 78

BNSS 78: earlier CrPC 76

Section 78 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 76 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 78 deals with person arrested to be brought before Court without delay. 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 78 was CrPC 76.

Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay.

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. VI
s. 76
Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay
The police officer or other person executing a warrant of arrest shall (subject to the provisions of section 71 as to security) without unnecessary delay bring the person arrested before the Court before which he is required by law to produce such person:
Provided that such delay shall not, in any case, exceed twenty-four hours exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Magistrate’s Court.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. VI
s. 78
Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay.
The police officer or other person executing a warrant of arrest shall (subject to the provisions of section 73 as to security) without unnecessary delay bring the person arrested before the Court before which he is required by law to produce such person:
Provided that such delay shall not, in any case, exceed twenty-four hours exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Magistrate's Court.
Text from India Code

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