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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Repealed w.e.f. 1 July 2024

Section 335 CrPC - Person acquitted on ground Of unsoundness of mind to be Detained in safe custody

Section 335 CrPC is now Section 374 of the BNSS - the BNSS replaced the CrPC on 1 July 2024.
Act
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section
335 - Person acquitted on ground Of unsoundness of mind to be Detained in safe custody
New provision
Section 374 BNSS

CrPC → BNSS: what changed

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Section 374 BNSS Modified "public mental health establishment" replaces "lunatic asylum" , and "Mental Health care Act, 2017(10 of 2017" replaces "Indian LunacyAct,1912 (4 of 1912)" .

Section 335 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 deals with person acquitted on ground Of unsoundness of mind to be Detained in safe custody. Under the new law this is Section 374 of the BNSS.

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