Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 517
Exclusion of date on which Court is closed
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BNSS Section 517 deals with exclusion of date on which court is closed and replaces CrPC 471.
Bare act text — BNSS 517
517. Exclusion of date on which Court is closed.
Where the period of limitation expires on a day when the Court is closed, the Court may take cognizance on the day on which the Court reopens. Explanation.---A Court shall be deemed to be closed on any day within the meaning of this section, if, during its normal working hours, it remains closed on that day.
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What was BNSS Section 517 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 517 (Exclusion of date on which Court is closed) replaces Section 471 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 471 is now BNSS 517.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 512 — Defect or error not to make attachment unlawful
- BNSS 513 — Definitions
- BNSS 514 — Bar to taking cognizance after lapse of period of limitation
- BNSS 515 — Commencement of period of limitation
- BNSS 516 — Exclusion of time in certain cases
- BNSS 518 — Continuing offence
- BNSS 519 — Extension of period of limitation in certain cases
- BNSS 520 — Trials before High Courts
- BNSS 521 — Delivery to commanding officers of persons liable to be tried by Court-martial
- BNSS 522 — Forms