BNSS Section 376: Procedure where prisoner of unsound mind is reported capable of making his defence
CrPC Section 337 is covered by BNSS Section 376.
- BNSS 376CrPC: 337Changed
Procedure where prisoner of unsound mind is reported capable of making his defence.
"person of unsound mind" replaces "lunatic", "lunatic asylum, the visitors of such asylum or any two of them," is replaced by "public mental health establishment, the Mental Health Review Board constituted under the Mental Health care Act, 2017(10 of 2017) ".
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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