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The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay

Repealed From 01 Apr 1974 Act 2 of 1974 As on 15 Oct 2026

Act 2 of 1974 Ministry Home Affairs Enacted 25 Jan 1974 In force 01 Apr 1974

This provision is repealed. Repealed by section 531 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024. It is reproduced because conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under it.

Section 76 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 deals with person arrested to be brought before Court without delay. The police officer or other person executing a warrant of arrest shall (subject to the provisions of section 71 as to security) without unnecessary delay bring the person arrested before the Court before which he is required by law to produce such person: Provided that such delay shall not, in any c The Act came into force on 01 Apr 1974. Repealed by section 531 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024, but conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under it.

The police officer or other person executing a warrant of arrest shall (subject to the provisions of section 71 as to security) without unnecessary delay bring the person arrested before the Court before which he is required by law to produce such person:

Provided that such delay shall not, in any case, exceed twenty- four hours exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Magistrate's Court.

Section 76, The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974).

Now in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

BNSS 78 Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay Text carried over almost unchanged 100%

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 The repealed enactment still governs what happened while it was in force.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.

Cross-references

Extracted from the operative text of the enactments themselves. Every destination below exists in our corpus.

This section refers to

  1. s. 71 Power to direct security to be taken

Questions about Section 76

What does Section 76 of the Code of Criminal Procedure deal with?

Section 76 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is headed "Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay". The police officer or other person executing a warrant of arrest shall (subject to the provisions of section 71 as to security) without unnecessary delay bring the person arrested before the Court before which he is required by law to produce such person: Provided that such delay shall not, in any c

How do I find court cases under Section 76 of the Code of Criminal Procedure?

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: CRPC 76, section 76 CRPC, section 76 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 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 76 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and has it changed?

Its own text turns on section 71 (Power to direct security to be taken), so none of them can safely be read on its own. For anything done on or after 1 July 2024 the provision to read is BNSS 78 (Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay), which replaced it; conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under this section.

When did Section 76 of the Code of Criminal Procedure come into force?

Section 76 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, cited as CRPC 76, came into force on 01 Apr 1974, having been enacted on 25 Jan 1974. It is no longer in force.

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