BNSS Section 2: Definitions
CrPC Section 2 is covered by BNSS Section 2.
28 entries in the correspondence table: 5 changed, 18 no change, 5 new provision.
- BNSS 2CrPC: 2Changed
Definitions.
Several new subsections, such as 2(1)(a), 2(1)(b), 2(1)(d), and 2(1)(e), are added, while others, namely 2(f), 2(k), 2(q), and 2(t) of CrPC, are excluded. Furthermore, certain subsections are modified.
- BNSS 2(1)(a)CrPC: —New provision
"audio-video electronic means" .
Newly added.
- BNSS 2(1)(b)CrPC: —New provision
"bail"
Newly added.
- BNSS 2(1)(c)CrPC: 2(a)No change
"bailable offence".
No change.
- BNSS 2(1)(d)CrPC: —New provision
"bail bond".
Newly added.
- BNSS 2(1)(e)CrPC: —New provision
"bond".
Newly added.
- BNSS 2(1)(f)CrPC: 2(b)No change
"charge".
No change.
- BNSS 2(1)(g)CrPC: 2(c)No change
"cognizable offence".
No change.
- BNSS 2(1)(h)CrPC: 2(d)Changed
"complaint".
No change except "Code" is replaced with "Sanhita". Wherever the word “Code” is used in CrPC, the word “Sanhita” is used in BNSS, therefore, this fact will not be specifically mentioned in this table hereinafter.
- BNSS 2(1)(i)CrPC: —New provision
"electronic communication".
Newly added.
- BNSS 2(1)(j)CrPC: 2(e)No change
"High Court".
No change.
- BNSS 2(1)(k)CrPC: 2(g)No change
"inquiry".
No change.
- BNSS 2(1)(l)CrPC: 2(h)Changed
"investigation".
The term "Code" has been substituted with "Sanhita". Explanation that in case of inconsistency provisions of Special Act shall prevail.
- BNSS 2(1)(m)CrPC: 2(i)No change
"judicial proceeding".
No change.
- BNSS 2(1)(n)CrPC: 2(j)No change
"local jurisdiction".
No change.
- BNSS 2(1)(o)CrPC: 2(l)No change
"non-cognizable offence".
No change.
- BNSS 2(1)(p)CrPC: 2(m)No change
"notification".
No change.
- BNSS 2(1)(q)CrPC: 2(n)No change
"offence".
No change.
- BNSS 2(1)(r)CrPC: 2(o)No change
"officer in charge of a police station".
No change.
- BNSS 2(1)(s)CrPC: 2(p)No change
"place".
No change.
- BNSS 2(1)(t)CrPC: 2(r)No change
"police report".
No change.
- BNSS 2(1)(u)CrPC: 2(s)No change
"police station".
No change.
- BNSS 2(1)(v)CrPC: 2(u)No change
"Public Prosecutor".
No change.
- BNSS 2(1)(w)CrPC: 2(v)No change
"sub-division".
No change.
- BNSS 2(1)(x)CrPC: 2(w)No change
"summons-case".
No change.
- BNSS 2(1)(y)CrPC: 2(wa)Changed
"victim".
The words "for which accused person has been charged and the expression victim” are replaced by "of the accused person" etc.
- BNSS 2(1)(z)CrPC: 2(x)No change
"warrant-case".
No change.
- BNSS 2(2)CrPC: 2(y)Changed
Words and expressions used.
Words and expressions used in Sanhita but not defined here but defined in Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and in the Information Technology Act, 2000, shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act and Sanhita.
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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