(1) This Chapter shall apply in respect of an accused against whom\u2014
(a) the report has been forwarded by the officer in charge of the police station
under section 193 alleging therein that an offence appears to have been committed by
him other than an offence for which the punishment of death or of imprisonment for
life or of imprisonment for a term exceeding seven years has been provided under the
law for the time being in force; or
(b) a Magistrate has taken cognizance of an offence on complaint, other than an
offence for which the punishment of death or of imprisonment for life or of imprisonment
for a term exceeding seven years, has been provided under the law for the time being
in force, and after examining complainant and witnesses under section 223, issued the
process under section 227,
but does not apply where such offence affects the socio-economic condition of the country
or has been committed against a woman, or a child below the age of fourteen years.
(2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), the Central Government shall, by notification,
determine the offences under the law for the time being in force which shall be the offences
affecting the socio-economic condition of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
(1) This Chapter shall apply in respect of an accused against whom\u2014(a) the report has been forwarded by the officer in charge of the police stationunder section 193 alleging therein that an offence appears to have been committed byhim other than an offence for which the punishment of death or of imprisonment forlife or of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[125,124,134,132,130,136,137,126,127,123,129,128,133,111,135,112,121,122,113,114,131],"class_list":["post-1796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-bharatiya-nagarik-suraksha-sanhita-bnss","tag-bharatiya-nagarik-suraksha-sanhita-2023","tag-bhartiya-nagrik-suraksha-sanhita","tag-bnss-2024-india","tag-bnss-all-sections","tag-bnss-bare-act","tag-bnss-chapter-wise-sections","tag-bnss-fir-section","tag-bnss-full-form","tag-bnss-pdf-download","tag-bnss-sections-in-hindi","tag-bnss-sections-list","tag-bnss-vs-crpc","tag-crpc-replaced-by-bnss","tag-expert-vakil","tag-expert-vakil-bnss","tag-expertvakil","tag-indian-kanoon","tag-indiankanoon","tag-ishan-tathagat","tag-ishantathagat","tag-new-criminal-law-india"],"yoast_head":"\n