BNSS Section 86, Identification and attachment of property of proclaimed person: a new provision

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · in force from 1 July 2024

BNSS 86: Identification and attachment of property of proclaimed person

From 1 July 2024

The Court may, on the written request from a police officer not below the rank of the Superintendent of Police or Commissioner of Police, initiate the process of requesting assistance from a Court or an authority in the contracting State for identification, attachment and forfeiture of property belonging to a proclaimed person in accordance with the procedure provided in Chapter VIII.

New provision

There is no counterpart in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: both official correspondence tables show this provision as new.

BPR&D: Newly added.

Which one applies

Procedure follows the proceeding. Under section 531(2)(a) of the BNSS, an appeal, application, trial, inquiry or investigation already pending on 1 July 2024 continues under the CrPC; one begun on or after that date proceeds under the BNSS.

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Sources

BPR&D is the Bureau of Police Research & Development (Ministry of Home Affairs); NCRB the National Crime Records Bureau. Their correspondence tables are training aids, not law. This page is general information, not legal advice on any case; the bare Acts as published by the Government of India are the authority.