Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 506
Irregularities which do not vitiate proceedings
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BNSS Section 506 deals with irregularities which do not vitiate proceedings and replaces CrPC 460.
Bare act text — BNSS 506
506. Irregularities which do not vitiate proceedings.
If any Magistrate not empowered by law to do any of the following things, namely:--- (a) to issue a search-warrant under section 97; (b) to order, under section 174, the police to investigate an offence; (c) to hold an inquest under section 196; (d) to issue process under section 207, for the apprehension of a person within his local jurisdiction who has committed an offence outside the limits of such jurisdiction; (e) to take cognizance of an offence under clause (a) or clause (b) of sub-section
(1) of section 210; (f) to make over a case under sub-section
(2) of section 212; (g) to tender a pardon under section 343; (h) to recall a case and try it himself under section 450; or (i) to sell property under section 504 or section 505, erroneously in good faith does that thing, his proceedings shall not be set aside merely on the ground of his not being so empowered.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 506 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 506 (Irregularities which do not vitiate proceedings) replaces Section 460 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 460 is now BNSS 506.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 501 — Destruction of libellous and other matter
- BNSS 502 — Power to restore possession of immovable property
- BNSS 503 — Procedure by police upon seizure of property
- BNSS 504 — Procedure where no claimant appears within six months
- BNSS 505 — Power to sell perishable property
- BNSS 507 — Irregularities which vitiate proceedings
- BNSS 508 — Proceedings in wrong place
- BNSS 509 — Non-compliance with provisions of section 183 or section 316
- BNSS 510 — Effect of omission to frame, or absence of, or error in, charge
- BNSS 511 — Finding or sentence when reversible by reason of error, omission or irregularity
