The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

§476 — Concurrent power of Central Government in case of death sentences

The powers conferred by sections 473 and 474 upon the State Government may, in the case of sentences of death, also be exercised by the Central Government.

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Old lawCRPC §434Concurrent power of Central Government in case of death sentences New lawBNSS §476Concurrent power of Central Government in case of death sentences

CRPC §434 → BNSS §476 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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