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Section 263 - The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
263. Framing of charge.
(1) If, upon such consideration, examination, if any, and hearing, the Magistrate is of opinion that there is ground for presuming that the accused has committed an offence triable under this Chapter, which such Magistrate is competent to try and which, in his opinion, could be adequately punished by him, he shall frame in writing a charge against the accused within a period of sixty days from the date of first hearing on charge.
(2) The charge shall then be read and explained to the accused, and he shall be asked whether he pleads guilty of the offence charged or claims to be tried.
Related Sections
- Section 408: Power to direct further inquiry to be made or additional evidence to be taken
- Section 48: Obligation of person making arrest to inform about arrest, etc., to relative or friend
- Section 432: Appellate Court may take further evidence or direct it to be taken
- Section 380: Appeal
- Section 530: Trial and proceedings to be held in electronic mode
Related Acts
- Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017
- Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016
- Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2017
- Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018
- New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Act, 2019
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