BNSS Section 301: Definitions
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 24: Attendance of Persons Confined or Detained in Prisons
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¶301. In this Chapter,—
(a) "detained" includes detained under any law providing for preventive detention;
¶(b) "prison" includes,—
(i) any place which has been declared by the State Government, by general or special order, to be a subsidiary jail;
(ii) any reformatory, Borstal institution or other institution of a like nature.
Study: explanations and related material
Replaces CrPC 266. CrPC → BNSS converterSource: BPR&D BNSS–CrPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-07-03)
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.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 302. Power to require attendance of prisoners
- 303. Power of State Government or Central Government to exclude certain persons from operation of section 302
- 304. Officer in charge of prison to abstain from carrying out order in certain contingencies
- 305. Prisoner to be brought to Court in custody
- 306. Power to issue commission for examination of witness in prison