BNSS · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 386 — When Registrar or Sub-Registrar to be deemed a Civil Court.
Replaces CrPC Section 347.
When the State Government so directs, any Registrar or any Sub-Registrar appointed under the Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908), shall be deemed to be a Civil Court within the meaning of sections 384 and 385.
Nearby sections
- 383 Summary procedure for trial for giving false evidence.
- 384 Procedure in certain cases of contempt.
- 385 Procedure where Court considers that case should not be dealt with under section 384.
- 387 Discharge of offender on submission of apology.
- 388 Imprisonment or committal of person refusing to answer or produce document.
- 389 Summary procedure for punishment for non-attendance by a witness in obedience to summons.
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