Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 155
Penalty for failure to comply with section 154
In one line
BNSS Section 155 deals with penalty for failure to comply with section 154 and replaces CrPC 136.
Bare act text — BNSS 155
155. Penalty for failure to comply with section 154.
If the person against whom an order is made under section 154 does not perform such act or appear and show cause, he shall be liable to the penalty specified in that behalf in section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and the order shall be made absolute.
What changed from the CrPC
- CrPC 136 → BNSS 155: "such person" is replaced by "person against whom an order is made under section 154 " and BNS section replaces corresponding IPC section.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 155 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 155 (Penalty for failure to comply with section 154) replaces Section 136 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 136 is now BNSS 155.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- 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
- BNSS 153 — Service or notification of order
- BNSS 154 — Person to whom order is addressed to obey or show cause
- BNSS 156 — Procedure where existence of public right is denied
- BNSS 157 — Procedure where person against whom order is made under section 152 appears to show-cause
- BNSS 158 — Power of Magistrate to direct local investigation and examination of an expert
- BNSS 159 — Power of Magistrate to furnish written instructions, etc
- BNSS 160 — Procedure on order being made absolute and consequences of disobedience