Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 467
Sentence on offender already sentenced for another offence
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BNSS Section 467 deals with sentence on offender already sentenced for another offence and replaces CrPC 427.
Bare act text — BNSS 467
467. Sentence on offender already sentenced for another offence.
(1) When a person already undergoing a sentence of imprisonment is sentenced on a subsequent conviction to imprisonment or imprisonment for life, such imprisonment or imprisonment for life shall commence at the expiration of the imprisonment to which he has been previously sentenced, unless the Court directs that the subsequent sentence shall run concurrently with such previous sentence: Provided that where a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment by an order under section 141 in default of furnishing security is, whilst undergoing such sentence, sentenced to imprisonment for an offence committed prior to the making of such order, the latter sentence shall commence immediately.
(2) When a person already undergoing a sentence of imprisonment for life is sentenced on a subsequent conviction to imprisonment for a term or imprisonment for life, the subsequent sentence shall run concurrently with such previous sentence.
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What was BNSS Section 467 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 467 (Sentence on offender already sentenced for another offence) replaces Section 427 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 427 is now BNSS 467.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 462 — Effect of such warrant
- BNSS 463 — Warrant for levy of fine issued by a Court in any territory to which this Sanhita does not extend
- BNSS 464 — Suspension of execution of sentence of imprisonment
- BNSS 465 — Who may issue warrant
- BNSS 466 — Sentence on escaped convict when to take effect
- BNSS 468 — Period of detention undergone by accused to be set off against sentence of imprisonment
- BNSS 469 — Saving
- BNSS 470 — Return of warrant on execution of sentence
- BNSS 471 — Money ordered to be paid recoverable as a fine
- BNSS 472 — Mercy petition in death sentence cases