Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 91
Power to take bond or bail bond for appearance
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BNSS Section 91 deals with power to take bond or bail bond for appearance and replaces CrPC 88.
Bare act text — BNSS 91
91. Power to take bond or bail bond for appearance.
When any person for whose appearance or arrest the officer presiding in any Court is empowered to issue a summons or warrant, is present in such Court, such officer may require such person to execute a bond or bail bond for his appearance in such Court, or any other Court to which the case may be transferred for trial.
What changed from the CrPC
- CrPC 88 → BNSS 91: The words "or bail bond" are added in heading and words "bond with or without sureties" are replaced by "bond or bail bond".
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 91 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 91 (Power to take bond or bail bond for appearance) replaces Section 88 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 88 is now BNSS 91.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- 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
- BNSS 89 — Appeal from order rejecting application for restoration of attached property
- BNSS 90 — Issue of warrant in lieu of, or in addition to, summons
- BNSS 92 — Arrest on breach of bond or bail bond for appearance
- BNSS 93 — Provisions of this Chapter generally applicable to summons and warrants of arrest
- BNSS 94 — Summons to produce document or other thing
- BNSS 95 — Procedure as to letters
- BNSS 96 — When search-warrant may be issued