The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

§407 — Sentence of death to be submitted by Court of Session for confirmation

(1) When the Court of Session passes a sentence of death, the proceedings shall forthwith be submitted to the High Court, and the sentence shall not be executed unless it is confirmed by the High Court.

(2) The Court passing the sentence shall commit the convicted person to jail custody under a warrant.

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Old lawCRPC §366Sentence of death to be submitted by Court of Session for confirmation New lawBNSS §407Sentence of death to be submitted by Court of Session for confirmation

CRPC §366 → BNSS §407 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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