BNSS · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 513 — Definitions.
Replaces CrPC Section 467.
For the purposes of this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, "period of limitation" means the period specified in section 514 for taking cognizance of an offence.
Nearby sections
- 510 Effect of omission to frame, or absence of, or error in, charge.
- 511 Finding or sentence when reversible by reason of error, omission or irregularity.
- 512 Defect or error not to make attachment unlawful.
- 514 Bar to taking cognizance after lapse of period of limitation.
- 515 Commencement of period of limitation.
- 516 Exclusion of time in certain cases.
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