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BNSS: Chapter 26: General Provisions as to Inquiries and Trials

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  1. Section 337. Person once convicted or acquitted not to be tried for same offence
  2. Section 338. Appearance by Public Prosecutors
  3. Section 339. Permission to conduct prosecution
  4. Section 340. Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended
  5. Section 341. Legal aid to accused at State expense in certain cases
  6. Section 342. Procedure when corporation or registered society is an accused
  7. Section 343. Tender of pardon to accomplice
  8. Section 344. Power to direct tender of pardon
  9. Section 345. Trial of person not complying with conditions of pardon
  10. Section 346. Power to postpone or adjourn proceedings
  11. Section 347. Local inspection
  12. Section 348. Power to summon material witness, or examine person present
  13. Section 349. Power of Magistrate to order person to give specimen signatures or handwriting, etc
  14. Section 350. Expenses of complainants and witnesses
  15. Section 351. Power to examine accused
  16. Section 352. Oral arguments and memorandum of arguments
  17. Section 353. Accused person to be competent witness
  18. Section 354. No influence to be used to induce disclosure
  19. Section 355. Provision for inquiries and trial being held in absence of accused in certain cases
  20. Section 356. Inquiry, trial or judgment in absentia of proclaimed offender
  21. Section 357. Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings
  22. Section 358. Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence
  23. Section 359. Compounding of offences
  24. Section 360. Withdrawal from prosecution
  25. Section 361. Procedure in cases which Magistrate cannot dispose of
  26. Section 362. Procedure when after commencement of inquiry or trial, Magistrate finds case should be committed
  27. Section 363. Trial of persons previously convicted of offences against coinage, stamp-law or property
  28. Section 364. Procedure when Magistrate cannot pass sentence sufficiently severe
  29. Section 365. Conviction or commitment on evidence partly recorded by one Magistrate and partly by another
  30. Section 366. Court to be open

Official reference: Ministry of Home Affairs: Gazette text, 25 December 2023 — source link checked: 2 October 2026.Recorded edition / snapshot date: 2024-07-01.Mobile-app reference import; the recorded snapshot date is not a fresh legal-currency guarantee. The linked government text is an independent authoritative reference, not certification that this website reproduces the same edition. The source link was checked, not every provision or subsequent amendment. Check commencement notifications, savings and jurisdiction-specific variations separately.