BNSS · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 199 — Offence triable where act is done or consequence ensues.
Replaces CrPC Section 179.
When an act is an offence by reason of anything which has been done and of a consequence which has ensued, the offence may be inquired into or tried by a Court within whose local jurisdiction such thing has been done or such consequence has ensued.
Nearby sections
- 196 Inquiry by Magistrate into cause of death.
- 197 Ordinary place of inquiry and trial.
- 198 Place of inquiry or trial.
- 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.
- 202 Offences committed by means of electronic communications, letters, etc.
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