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Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 In force since 1 July 2024

Section 389 BNSS - Summary procedure for Punishment for non-Attendance by a witness in Obedience to summons

Act
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section
389 - Summary procedure for Punishment for non-Attendance by a witness in Obedience to summons
Old provision
Section 350 CrPC

Old law → Section 389 BNSS

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Section 350 CrPC Modified The f ine increased to "five hundred rupees" from " One hundred rupees".

Section 389 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with summary procedure for Punishment for non-Attendance by a witness in Obedience to summons. Under the old law this was Section 350 of the CrPC.

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