Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 332
Evidence of formal character on affidavit
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BNSS Section 332 deals with evidence of formal character on affidavit and replaces CrPC 296.
Bare act text — BNSS 332
332. Evidence of formal character on affidavit.
(1) The evidence of any person whose evidence is of a formal character may be given by affidavit and may, subject to all just exceptions, be read in evidence in any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Sanhita.
(2) The Court may, if it thinks fit, and shall, on the application of the prosecution or the accused, summon and examine any such person as to the facts contained in his affidavit.
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What was BNSS Section 332 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 332 (Evidence of formal character on affidavit) replaces Section 296 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 296 is now BNSS 332.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- 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
- BNSS 331 — Affidavit in proof of conduct of public servants
- BNSS 333 — Authorities before whom affidavits may be sworn
- BNSS 334 — Previous conviction or acquittal how proved
- BNSS 335 — Record of evidence in absence of accused
- BNSS 336 — Evidence of public servants, experts, police officers in certain cases
- BNSS 337 — Person once convicted or acquitted not to be tried for same offence