Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 147
Enforcement of order of maintenance
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BNSS Section 147 deals with enforcement of order of maintenance and replaces CrPC 128.
Bare act text — BNSS 147
147. Enforcement of order of maintenance.
A copy of the order of maintenance or interim maintenance and expenses of proceedings, as the case may be, shall be given without payment to the person in whose favour it is made, or to his guardian, if any, or to the person to whom the allowance for the maintenance or the allowance for the interim maintenance and expenses of proceeding, as the case may be, is to be paid; and such order may be enforced by any Magistrate in any place where the person against whom it is made may be, on such Magistrate being satisfied as to the identity of the parties and the non-payment of the allowance, or as the case may be, expenses, due.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 147 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 147 (Enforcement of order of maintenance) replaces Section 128 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 128 is now BNSS 147.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 142 — Power to release persons imprisoned for failing to give security
- BNSS 143 — Security for unexpired period of bond
- BNSS 144 — Order for maintenance of wives, children and parents
- BNSS 145 — Procedure
- BNSS 146 — Alteration in allowance
- BNSS 148 — Dispersal of assembly by use of civil force
- BNSS 149 — Use of armed forces to disperse assembly
- BNSS 150 — Power of certain armed force officers to disperse assembly
- BNSS 151 — Protection against prosecution for acts done under sections 148, 149 and 150
- BNSS 152 — Conditional order for removal of nuisance