The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
§62 — Arrest to be made strictly according to Sanhita
No arrest shall be made except in accordance with the provisions of this Sanhita or any other law for the time being in force providing for arrest.
Old law ⇄ new law
Renumberedold law ⇄ new law
Old lawCRPC §60AArrest to be made strictly according to the CodeNew lawBNSS §62Arrest to be made strictly according to Sanhita
CRPC §60A → BNSS §62 per the official NCRB Sankalan table.
Source & version
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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