Power to dispense with personal attendance
Section 134 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with power to dispense with personal attendance. The Magistrate may, if he sees sufficient cause, dispense with the personal attendance of any person called upon to show cause why he should not be ordered to execute a bond for keeping the peace or for good behaviour and may permit him to appear by an advocate. The Act came into force on 01 Jul 2024.
The Magistrate may, if he sees sufficient cause, dispense with the personal attendance of any person called upon to show cause why he should not be ordered to execute a bond for keeping the peace or for good behaviour and may permit him to appear by an advocate.
Section 134, The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act 46 of 2023).
Replaces a provision of the Code of Criminal Procedure
CRPC 115 Power to dispense with personal attendance Text carried over almost unchanged 97%
Measured by comparing the text of the two provisions, not taken from an official correspondence table — there is no machine-readable one. See both texts side by side before relying on it.
Both regimes are live. The repealed enactment still governs what happened while it was in force. We never redirect one to the other.
Questions about Section 134
What does Section 134 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita deal with?
Section 134 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita is headed "Power to dispense with personal attendance". The Magistrate may, if he sees sufficient cause, dispense with the personal attendance of any person called upon to show cause why he should not be ordered to execute a bond for keeping the peace or for good behaviour and may permit him to appear by an advocate.
How do I find court cases under Section 134 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: BNSS 134, section 134 BNSS, section 134 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. People searching for it also type bns 134 a and b and 134 bnss in crpc. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.
What should I read with Section 134 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and has it changed?
It carries forward CrPC 115 (Power to dispense with personal attendance), so the judgments decided under that provision are the case law on this one.
When did Section 134 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita come into force?
Section 134 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, cited as BNSS 134, came into force on 01 Jul 2024, having been enacted on 25 Dec 2023. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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