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.
Practise it
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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