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.
Bare act text for reference, current to 1 July 2024. It is not legal advice; check the official gazette for authoritative text.
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