Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
CrPC Section 315 in BNSS
§ 315 CrPC→§ 353 BNSS
Accused person to be competent witness. Section 315 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Accused person to be competent witness) corresponds to Section 353 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
Verify before you rely on this. Renumbering under the 2023 codes is not a clean one-to-one exercise — provisions were merged, split and reworded. Always check the printed bare act.
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Section 45 has AIBE 22 questions on this area, each cited to both codes with a line telling you where to find it in the bare act. Ten questions per subject are free.
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