Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 95
Procedure as to letters
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BNSS Section 95 deals with procedure as to letters and replaces CrPC 92.
Bare act text — BNSS 95
95. Procedure as to letters.
(1) If any document, parcel or thing in the custody of a postal authority is, in the opinion of the District Magistrate, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court of Session or High Court wanted for the purpose of any investigation, inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Sanhita, such Magistrate or Court may require the postal authority to deliver the document, parcel or thing to such person as the Magistrate or Court directs.
(2) If any such document, parcel or thing is, in the opinion of any other Magistrate, whether Executive or Judicial, or of any Commissioner of Police or District Superintendent of Police, wanted for any such purpose, he may require the postal authority to cause search to be made for and to detain such document, parcel or thing pending the order of a District Magistrate, Chief Judicial Magistrate or Court under sub-section (1).
What changed from the CrPC
- CrPC 92 → BNSS 95: "telegram" and "or telegraph" words are excluded.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 95 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 95 (Procedure as to letters) replaces Section 92 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 92 is now BNSS 95.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 90 — Issue of warrant in lieu of, or in addition to, summons
- BNSS 91 — Power to take bond or bail bond for appearance
- 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 96 — When search-warrant may be issued
- BNSS 97 — Search of place suspected to contain stolen property, forged documents, etc
- BNSS 98 — Power to declare certain publications forfeited and to issue search-warrants for same
- BNSS 99 — Application to High Court to set aside declaration of forfeiture
- BNSS 100 — Search for persons wrongfully confined