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

Section 457 BNSS - Power to appoint place of Imprisonment

Act
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section
457 - Power to appoint place of Imprisonment
Old provision
Section 417 CrPC

Old law → Section 457 BNSS

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Section 417 CrPC Modified The w ords "or section 23 of the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920 (5 of 1920), as the case may be;" excluded.

Section 457 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with power to appoint place of Imprisonment. Under the old law this was Section 417 of the CrPC.

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