Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 347
Local inspection
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BNSS Section 347 deals with local inspection and replaces CrPC 310.
Bare act text — BNSS 347
347. Local inspection.
(1) Any Judge or Magistrate may, at any stage of any inquiry, trial or other proceeding, after due notice to the parties, visit and inspect any place in which an offence is alleged to have been committed, or any other place which it is in his opinion necessary to view for the purpose of properly appreciating the evidence given at such inquiry or trial, and shall without unnecessary delay record a memorandum of any relevant facts observed at such inspection.
(2) Such memorandum shall form part of the record of the case and if the prosecutor, complainant or accused or any other party to the case, so desires, a copy of the memorandum shall be furnished to him free of cost.
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What was BNSS Section 347 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 347 (Local inspection) replaces Section 310 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 310 is now BNSS 347.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- 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
- BNSS 345 — Trial of person not complying with conditions of pardon
- BNSS 346 — Power to postpone or adjourn proceedings
- BNSS 348 — Power to summon material witness, or examine person present
- BNSS 349 — Power of Magistrate to order person to give specimen signatures or handwriting, etc
- BNSS 350 — Expenses of complainants and witnesses
- BNSS 351 — Power to examine accused
- BNSS 352 — Oral arguments and memorandum of arguments