Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 83
Procedure by Magistrate before whom such person arrested is brought
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BNSS Section 83 deals with procedure by magistrate before whom such person arrested is brought and replaces CrPC 81.
Bare act text — BNSS 83
83. Procedure by Magistrate before whom such person arrested is brought.
(1) The Executive Magistrate or District Superintendent of Police or Commissioner of Police shall, if the person arrested appears to be the person intended by the Court which issued the warrant, direct his removal in custody to such Court: Provided that, if the offence is bailable, and such person is ready and willing to give bail bond to the satisfaction of such Magistrate, District Superintendent or Commissioner, or a direction has been endorsed under section 73 on the warrant and such person is ready and willing to give the security required by such direction, the Magistrate, District Superintendent or Commissioner shall take such bail bond or security, as the case may be, and forward the bond, to the Court which issued the warrant: Provided further that if the offence is a non-bailable one, it shall be lawful for the Chief Judicial Magistrate (subject to the provisions of section 480), or the Sessions Judge, of the district in which the arrest is made on consideration of the information and the documents referred to in sub-section
(2) of section 80, to release such person on bail. (2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent a police officer from taking security under section 73.
What changed from the CrPC
- CrPC 81 → BNSS 83: The word "bail" is replaced by "bail bond".
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 83 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 83 (Procedure by Magistrate before whom such person arrested is brought) replaces Section 81 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 81 is now BNSS 83.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 78 — Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay
- BNSS 79 — Where warrant may be executed
- BNSS 80 — Warrant forwarded for execution outside jurisdiction
- BNSS 81 — Warrant directed to police officer for execution outside jurisdiction
- BNSS 82 — Procedure on arrest of person against whom warrant issued
- BNSS 84 — Proclamation for person absconding
- BNSS 85 — Attachment of property of person absconding
- BNSS 86 — Identification and attachment of property of proclaimed person
- BNSS 87 — Claims and objections to attachment
- BNSS 88 — Release, sale and restoration of attached property