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BNSS Section 320: Commission to whom to be issued

Section 320 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with commission to whom to be issued. It replaces CrPC 285 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

Text of BNSS Section 320

320. (1) If the witness is within the territories to which this Sanhita extends, the commission shall be directed to the Chief Judicial Magistrate within whose local jurisdiction the witness is to be found.

(2) If the witness is in India, but in a State or an area to which this Sanhita does not extend, the commission shall be directed to such Court or officer as the Central Government may, by notification, specify in this behalf.

(3) If the witness is in a country or place outside India and arrangements have been made by the Central Government with the Government of such country or place for taking the evidence of witnesses in relation to criminal matters, the commission shall be issued in such form, directed to such Court or officer, and sent to such authority for transmission as the Central Government may, by notification, prescribe in this behalf.

Execution of commissions.

CrPC sections replaced

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