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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

CrPC Section 46 in BNSS

§ 46 CrPC§ 43 BNSS

Arrest how made. Section 46 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Arrest how made) corresponds to Section 43 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

Note: BNSS 43(5) restates the restriction on arresting a woman after sunset and before sunrise

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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