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Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

BNSS Section 40: Arrest by private person and procedure on such arrest

CrPC Section 43 is covered by BNSS Section 40.

  1. BNSS 40CrPC: 43Changed

    Arrest by private person and procedure on such arrest.

    In subsection (1), without unnecessary delay is further specified by "but within six hours from such arrest." In subsection (2), “re-arrest” is replaced by "take him in custody".

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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