What is CrPC 104 in BNSS?

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Section 104

CrPC 104 in BNSS: Section 109

Section 104 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponds to Section 109 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. CrPC 104 deals with power to impound document, etc., produced. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the CrPC. Both texts are set out below, side by side, with the changed words marked.

Code of Criminal Procedure

CrPC 104 is now BNSS 109.

Power to impound document, etc., produced

Carried over

94% of the old wording kept

Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. VII

s. 104

Power to impound document, etc., produced

Any Court may, if it thinks fit, impound any document or thing produced before it under this Code.

Text from the official India Code PDF

New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. VII

s. 109

Power to impound document, etc., produced.

Any Court may, if it thinks fit, impound any document or thing produced before it under this Sanhita.

Text from India Code

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