Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Section 286

CrPC 286 in BNSS: Section 321

Section 286 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponds to Section 321 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. CrPC 286 deals with execution of commissions. The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the CrPC.

Code of Criminal Procedure

CrPC 286 is now BNSS 321.

Execution of commissions · The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below.

Modified
87% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXIII
s. 286
Execution of commissions
Upon receipt of the commission, the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, or Chief Judicial Magistrate or such Metropolitan or Judicial Magistrate as he may appoint in this behalf, shall summon the witness before him or proceed to the place where the witness is, and shall take down his evidence in the same manner, and may for this purpose exercise the same powers, as in trials or warrant-cases under this Code.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXV
s. 321
Execution of commissions.
Upon receipt of the commission, the Chief Judicial Magistrate or such Magistrate as he may appoint in this behalf, shall summon the witness before him or proceed to the place where the witness is, and shall take down his evidence in the same manner, and may for this purpose exercise the same powers, as in trials of warrant-cases under this Sanhita.
Text from India Code
Related sectionsBNSS 321 · Execution of commissions.
CrPC 285 · Commission to whom to be issuedCrPC 287 · Parties may examine witnesses

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