The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

§386 — When Registrar or Sub-Registrar to be deemed a Civil Court

When the State Government so directs, any Registrar or any Sub-Registrar appointed under the Registration Act, 1908, shall be deemed to be a Civil Court within the meaning of sections 384 and 385.

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Old lawCRPC §347When Registrar or Sub-Registrar to be deemed a Civil Court New lawBNSS §386When Registrar or Sub-Registrar to be deemed a Civil Court

CRPC §347 → BNSS §386 per the official NCRB Sankalan table.

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Official text: Gazette of India via MHA (official) ↗

Official Gazette text: The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023), English PDF as hosted by Ministry of Home Affairs (mha.gov.in, file 250884_2_english_01042024.pdf). Extracted via pdftotext 26.07 -bbox and @nexlex/ingest gazette-bbox parser on 2026-07-14. Automated parse; structural validation + spot verification; full clause-level proofread pending.

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