BNSS · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 198 — Place of inquiry or trial.
Replaces CrPC Section 178.
(a) When it is uncertain in which of several local areas an offence was committed; or (b) where an offence is committed partly in one local area and partly in another; or (c) where an offence is a continuing one, and continues to be committed in more local areas than one; or (d) where it consists of several acts done in different local areas, it may be inquired into or tried by a Court having jurisdiction over any of such local areas.
Nearby sections
- 195 Power to summon persons.
- 196 Inquiry by Magistrate into cause of death.
- 197 Ordinary place of inquiry and trial.
- 199 Offence triable where act is done or consequence ensues.
- 200 Place of trial where act is an offence by reason of relation to other offence.
- 201 Place of trial in case of certain offences.
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