47. (1) Every police officer or other person arresting any person without warrant shall forthwith communicate to him full particulars of the offence for which he is arrested or other grounds for such arrest. (2) Where a police officer arrests without warrant any person other than a person accused of a nonbailable offence, he shall inform the person arrested that he is entitled to be released on bail and that he may arrange for sureties on his behalf.
BNSS Section 47: Person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest and of right to bail
Section 47 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest and of right to bail. It replaces CrPC 50 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
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Text of BNSS Section 47
CrPC sections replaced
- CrPC 50: Person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest and of right to bail
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