BNSS Section 398: Witness protection scheme
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 29: The Judgment
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398. Every State Government shall prepare and notify a Witness Protection Scheme for the State with a view to ensure protection of the witnesses.
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
- 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
- 397. Treatment of victims
- 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