Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 112
Letter of request to competent authority for investigation in a country or place outside India
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BNSS Section 112 deals with letter of request to competent authority for investigation in a country or place outside india and replaces CrPC 166A.
Bare act text — BNSS 112
112. Letter of request to competent authority for investigation in a country or place outside India.
(1) If, in the course of an investigation into an offence, an application is made by the investigating officer or any officer superior in rank to the investigating officer that evidence may be available in a country or place outside India, any Criminal Court may issue a letter of request to a Court or an authority in that country or place competent to deal with such request to examine orally any person supposed to be acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the case and to record his statement made in the course of such examination and also to require such person or any other person to produce any document or thing which may be in his possession pertaining to the case and to forward all the evidence so taken or collected or the authenticated copies thereof or the thing so collected to the Court issuing such letter.
(2) The letter of request shall be transmitted in such manner as the Central Government may specify in this behalf.
(3) Every statement recorded or document or thing received under sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be the evidence collected during the course of investigation under this Sanhita.
What changed from the CrPC
- CrPC 166A → BNSS 112: No change except the words "Notwithstanding anything contained in this code" are excluded.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 112 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 112 (Letter of request to competent authority for investigation in a country or place outside India) replaces Section 166A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 166A is now BNSS 112.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 107 — Attachment, forfeiture or restoration of property
- BNSS 108 — Magistrate may direct search in his presence
- BNSS 109 — Power to impound document, etc., produced
- BNSS 110 — Reciprocal arrangements regarding processes
- BNSS 111 — Definitions
- BNSS 113 — Letter of request from a country or place outside India to a Court or an authority for investigation in India
- BNSS 114 — Assistance in securing transfer of persons
- BNSS 115 — Assistance in relation to orders of attachment or forfeiture of property
- BNSS 116 — Identifying unlawfully acquired property
- BNSS 117 — Seizure or attachment of property