BNSS Section 397: Treatment of victims
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 29: The Judgment
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397. All hospitals, public or private, whether run by the Central Government, the State Government, local bodies or any other person, shall immediately, provide the first-aid or medical treatment, free of cost, to the victims of any offence covered under section 64, section 65, section 66, section 67, section 68, section 70, section 71 or sub-section (1) of section 124 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 or under sections 4, 6, 8 or section 10 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, and shall immediately inform the police of such incident.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 392. Judgment
- 393. Language and contents of judgment
- 394. Order for notifying address of previously convicted offender
- 395. Order to pay compensation
- 396. Victim compensation scheme
- 398. Witness protection scheme
- 399. Compensation to persons groundlessly arrested
- 400. Order to pay costs in non-cognizable cases
- 401. Order to release on probation of good conduct or after admonition
- 402. Special reasons to be recorded in certain cases
- 403. Court not to alter judgment
- 404. Copy of judgment to be given to accused and other persons
- 405. Judgment when to be translated
- 406. Court of Session to send copy of finding and sentence to District Magistrate