Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 325
Execution of foreign commissions
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BNSS Section 325 deals with execution of foreign commissions and replaces CrPC 290.
Bare act text — BNSS 325
325. Execution of foreign commissions.
(1) The provisions of section 321 and so much of section 322 and section 323 as relate to the execution of a commission and its return shall apply in respect of commissions issued by any of the Courts, Judges or Magistrates hereinafter mentioned as they apply to commissions issued under section 319.
(2) The Courts, Judges and Magistrates referred to in sub-section (1) are--- (a) any such Court, Judge or Magistrate exercising jurisdiction within an area in India to which this Sanhita does not extend, as the Central Government may, by notification, specify in this behalf; (b) any Court, Judge or Magistrate exercising jurisdiction in any such country or place outside India, as the Central Government may, by notification, specify in this behalf, and having authority, under the law in force in that country or place, to issue commissions for the examination of witnesses in relation to criminal matters.
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What was BNSS Section 325 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 325 (Execution of foreign commissions) replaces Section 290 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 290 is now BNSS 325.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 320 — Commission to whom to be issued
- BNSS 321 — Execution of commissions
- BNSS 322 — Parties may examine witnesses
- BNSS 323 — Return of commission
- BNSS 324 — Adjournment of proceeding
- BNSS 326 — Deposition of medical witness
- BNSS 327 — Identification report of Magistrate
- BNSS 328 — Evidence of officers of Mint
- BNSS 329 — Reports of certain Government scientific experts
- BNSS 330 — No formal proof of certain documents