What is CrPC 266 in BNSS?

CrPC 266 in BNSS: Section 301 · Definitions

CrPC 266 in BNSS: Section 301

Section 266 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponds to Section 301 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. CrPC 266 deals with definitions. 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 266 is now BNSS 301.

Definitions

Carried over

96% of the old wording kept

Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXII

s. 266

Definitions

In this Chapter,—

(a) “detained” includes detained under any law providing for preventive detention;

(b) “prison” includes,—

(i) any place which has been declared by the State Government, by general or special order, to be a subsidiary jail;

(ii) any reformatory, Borstal institution or institution of a like nature.

Text from the official India Code PDF

New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXIV

s. 301

Definitions.

In this Chapter,---

(a) "detained" includes detained under any law providing for preventive detention;

(b) "prison" includes,---

(i) any place which has been declared by the State Government, by general or special order, to be a subsidiary jail;

(ii) any reformatory, Borstal institution or other institution of a like nature.

Text from India Code