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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Repealed w.e.f. 1 July 2024

Section 174 CrPC - Police to enquire and report On suicide, etc

Section 174 CrPC is now Section 194 of the BNSS - the BNSS replaced the CrPC on 1 July 2024.
Act
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section
174 - Police to enquire and report On suicide, etc
New provision
Section 194 BNSS

CrPC → BNSS: what changed

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Section 194 BNSS Modified In subsection (2) "forthwith" is replaced by "within twenty - four hours" for sending the report to DM and SDM. The w ord “man” is replaced by “person”.

Section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 deals with police to enquire and report On suicide, etc. Under the new law this is Section 194 of the BNSS.

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