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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Repealed w.e.f. 1 July 2024

Section 50A CrPC - Obligation of person making Arrest to inform about the Arrest, etc , to relative or Friend

Section 50A CrPC is now Section 48 of the BNSS - the BNSS replaced the CrPC on 1 July 2024.
Act
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section
50A - Obligation of person making Arrest to inform about the Arrest, etc , to relative or Friend
New provision
Section 48 BNSS

CrPC → BNSS: what changed

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Section 48 BNSS Modified The words "and also to the designated police officer in the district" are added in subsection (1). In subsection (3), the words "may be prescribed in this behalf by" are replaced by "may, by rules, provide".

Section 50A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 deals with obligation of person making Arrest to inform about the Arrest, etc , to relative or Friend. Under the new law this is Section 48 of the BNSS.

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