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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 82: Procedure on arrest of person against whom warrant issued
- Section 34: Duty of Officers employed in connection with affairs of a village to make certain report
- Section 244: Where it is doubtful what offence has been committed
- Section 317: Interpreter to be bound to interpret truthfully
- Section 122: Certain transfers to be null and void
Related Acts
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Act, 2017
- Commercial Courts Act, 2015
- Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018
- Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2017
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Act, 2019
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