The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

§496 — Power to direct levy of amount due on certain recognizances

The High Court or Court of Session may direct any Magistrate to levy the amount due on a bond for appearance or attendance at such High Court or Court of Session.

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Old lawCRPC §450Power to direct levy of amount due on certain recognizances New lawBNSS §496Power to direct levy of amount due on certain recognizances

CRPC §450 → BNSS §496 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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