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BNSS Section 457: Power to appoint place of imprisonment

Section 457 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with power to appoint place of imprisonment. It replaces CrPC 417 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

Text of BNSS Section 457

457. (1) Except when otherwise provided by any law for the time being in force, the State Government may direct in what place any person liable to be imprisoned or committed to custody under this Sanhita shall be confined.

(2) If any person liable to be imprisoned or committed to custody under this Sanhita is in confinement in a civil jail, the Court or Magistrate ordering the imprisonment or committal may direct that the person be removed to a criminal jail.

(3) When a person is removed to a criminal jail under sub-section (2), he shall, on being released therefrom, be sent back to the civil jail, unless either—

(a) three years have elapsed since he was removed to the criminal jail, in which case he shall be deemed to have been released from the civil jail under section 58 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908; or

(b) the Court which ordered his imprisonment in the civil jail has certified to the officer in charge of the criminal jail that he is entitled to be released under section 58 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.

Execution of sentence of imprisonment.

CrPC sections replaced

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