§ 134 The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

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Section 134. Power to dispense with personal attendance

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The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
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134

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The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

134. Power to dispense with personal attendance.

The Magistrate may, if he sees sufficient cause, dispense with the personal attendance of any person called upon to show cause why he should not be ordered to execute a bond for keeping the peace or for good behaviour and may permit him to appear by an advocate.

Legal Notes & Explanations: Section 134 BNSS empowers magistrates to dispense with personal attendance. Searchers looking for 134 BNS should note that 134 BNS covers assault on constitutional leaders under BNS; 134 BNS defines a substantive criminal offence, whereas section 134 of BNSS governs attendance procedure under 134 BNS comparative cross-references, distinguishing 134 BNSS from 134 BNS under 134.