Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 47
Person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest and of right to bail
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BNSS Section 47 deals with person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest and of right to bail and replaces CrPC 50.
Bare act text — BNSS 47
47. Person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest and of right to bail.
(1) Every police officer or other person arresting any person without warrant shall forthwith communicate to him full particulars of the offence for which he is arrested or other grounds for such arrest.
(2) Where a police officer arrests without warrant any person other than a person accused of a nonbailable offence, he shall inform the person arrested that he is entitled to be released on bail and that he may arrange for sureties on his behalf.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 47 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 47 (Person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest and of right to bail) replaces Section 50 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 50 is now BNSS 47.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 42 — Protection of members of Armed Forces from arrest
- BNSS 43 — Arrest how made
- BNSS 44 — Search of place entered by person sought to be arrested
- BNSS 45 — Pursuit of offenders into other jurisdictions
- BNSS 46 — No unnecessary restraint
- BNSS 48 — Obligation of person making arrest to inform about arrest, etc., to relative or friend
- BNSS 49 — Search of arrested person
- BNSS 50 — Power to seize offensive weapons
- BNSS 51 — Examination of accused by medical practitioner at request of police officer
- BNSS 52 — Examination of person accused of rape by medical practitioner