# The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 301: Definitions

- Act: The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act 46 of 2023)
- In force from: 2024-07-01
- Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/bnss/section/301/

## Text

In this Chapter,--- (a) "detained" includes detained under any law providing for preventive detention; (b) "prison" includes,--- (i) any place which has been declared by the State Government, by general or special order, to be a subsidiary jail; (ii) any reformatory, Borstal institution or other institution of a like nature.

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