12. In executing a sentence of solitary confinement, such confinement shall in no case exceed fourteen days at a time, with intervals between the periods of solitary confinement of not less duration than such periods; and when the imprisonment awarded shall exceed three months, the solitary confinement shall not exceed seven days in any one month of the whole imprisonment awarded, with intervals between the periods of solitary confinement of not less duration than such periods.
BNS Section 12: Limit of solitary confinement
Section 12 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 deals with limit of solitary confinement. It replaces IPC 74 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
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Text of BNS Section 12
IPC sections replaced
- IPC 74: Limit of solitary confinement
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