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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.
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- Section 273: Compensation for accusation without reasonable cause
- Section 99: Application to High Court to set aside declaration of forfeiture
- Section 414: Appeal from orders requiring security or refusal to accept or rejecting surety for keeping peace or good behaviour
- Section 395: Order to pay compensation
- Section 457: Power to appoint place of imprisonment
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- Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda Act, 2020
- Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015
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