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Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

BNSS Section 185: Search by police officer

CrPC Section 165 is covered by BNSS Section 185.

  1. BNSS 185CrPC: 165Changed

    Search by police officer.

    A newly added Proviso to Section 185(2) mandates the recoding of search conducted through audio video, or electronic means. Subsection (5) of 185 of BNSS provides that the copies of record made under SubsSection (1) or (3) shall forthwith, but not later than 48 hours, be sent to Magistrate.

Source: Correspondence Table and Comparison Summary of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) to the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC), Central Academy for Police Training (CAPT), Bhopal — prepared by Anil Kishore Yadav, IPS, Director (PDF hosted on keralaprisons.gov.in). Check the bare act before relying on a section in court.

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