Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 339
Permission to conduct prosecution
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BNSS Section 339 deals with permission to conduct prosecution and replaces CrPC 302.
Bare act text — BNSS 339
339. Permission to conduct prosecution.
(1) Any Magistrate inquiring into or trying a case may permit the prosecution to be conducted by any person other than a police officer below the rank of inspector; but no person, other than the Advocate-General or Government Advocate or a Public Prosecutor or Assistant Public Prosecutor, shall be entitled to do so without such permission: Provided that no police officer shall be permitted to conduct the prosecution if he has taken part in the investigation into the offence with respect to which the accused is being prosecuted.
(2) Any person conducting the prosecution may do so personally or by an advocate.
What changed from the CrPC
- CrPC 302 → BNSS 339: "Pleader" is replaced by "Advocate".
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 339 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 339 (Permission to conduct prosecution) replaces Section 302 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 302 is now BNSS 339.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- 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
- BNSS 338 — Appearance by Public Prosecutors
- BNSS 340 — Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended
- BNSS 341 — Legal aid to accused at State expense in certain cases
- BNSS 342 — Procedure when corporation or registered society is an accused
- BNSS 343 — Tender of pardon to accomplice
- BNSS 344 — Power to direct tender of pardon