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BNSS Section 519: Extension of period of limitation in certain cases

Section 519 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with extension of period of limitation in certain cases. It replaces CrPC 473 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

Text of BNSS Section 519

519. Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions of this Chapter, any Court may take cognizance of an offence after the expiry of the period of limitation, if it is satisfied on the facts and in the circumstances of the case that the delay has been properly explained or that it is necessary so to do in the interests of justice.

MISCELLANEOUS Trials before High Courts.

CrPC sections replaced

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