Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 113
Letter of request from a country or place outside India to a Court or an authority for investigation in India
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BNSS Section 113 deals with letter of request from a country or place outside india to a court or an authority for investigation in india and replaces CrPC 166B.
Bare act text — BNSS 113
113. Letter of request from a country or place outside India to a Court or an authority for investigation in India.
(1) Upon receipt of a letter of request from a Court or an authority in a country or place outside India competent to issue such letter in that country or place for the examination of any person or production of any document or thing in relation to an offence under investigation in that country or place, the Central Government may, if it thinks fit--- (i) forward the same to the Chief Judicial Magistrate or Judicial Magistrate as he may appoint in this behalf, who shall thereupon summon the person before him and record his statement or cause the document or thing to be produced; or (ii) send the letter to any police officer for investigation, who shall thereupon investigate into the offence in the same manner, as if the offence had been committed within India.
(2) All the evidence taken or collected under sub-section (1), or authenticated copies thereof or the thing so collected, shall be forwarded by the Magistrate or police officer, as the case may be, to the Central Government for transmission to the Court or the authority issuing the letter of request, in such manner as the Central Government may deem fit.
What changed from the CrPC
- CrPC 166B → BNSS 113: No change except the words "or such Metropolitan Magistrate" are excluded.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 113 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 113 (Letter of request from a country or place outside India to a Court or an authority for investigation in India) replaces Section 166B of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 166B is now BNSS 113.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- 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 112 — Letter of request to competent authority for investigation in a country or place outside 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
- BNSS 118 — Management of properties seized or forfeited under this Chapter