Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 457
Power to appoint place of imprisonment
In one line
BNSS Section 457 deals with power to appoint place of imprisonment and replaces CrPC 417.
Bare act text — BNSS 457
457. Power to appoint place of imprisonment.
(1) Except when otherwise provided by any law for the time being in force, the State Government may direct in what place any person liable to be imprisoned or committed to custody under this Sanhita shall be confined.
(2) If any person liable to be imprisoned or committed to custody under this Sanhita is in confinement in a civil jail, the Court or Magistrate ordering the imprisonment or committal may direct that the person be removed to a criminal jail.
(3) When a person is removed to a criminal jail under sub-section (2), he shall, on being released therefrom, be sent back to the civil jail, unless either--- (a) three years have elapsed since he was removed to the criminal jail, in which case he shall be deemed to have been released from the civil jail under section 58 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908); or (b) the Court which ordered his imprisonment in the civil jail has certified to the officer in charge of the criminal jail that he is entitled to be released under section 58 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908).
What changed from the CrPC
- CrPC 417 → BNSS 457: The words "or section 23 of the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920 (5 of 1920), as the case may be;" excluded.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 457 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 457 (Power to appoint place of imprisonment) replaces Section 417 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 417 is now BNSS 457.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 452 — Reasons to be recorded
- BNSS 453 — Execution of order passed under section 409
- BNSS 454 — Execution of sentence of death passed by High Court
- BNSS 455 — Postponement of execution of sentence of death in case of appeal to Supreme Court
- BNSS 456 — Commutation of sentence of death on pregnant woman
- BNSS 458 — Execution of sentence of imprisonment
- BNSS 459 — Direction of warrant for execution
- BNSS 460 — Warrant with whom to be lodged
- BNSS 461 — Warrant for levy of fine
- BNSS 462 — Effect of such warrant