BNSS · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Section 517 — Exclusion of date on which Court is closed.

Replaces CrPC Section 471.

Where the period of limitation expires on a day when the Court is closed, the Court may take cognizance on the day on which the Court reopens. Explanation.--- A Court shall be deemed to be closed on any day within the meaning of this section, if, during its normal working hours, it remains closed on that day.

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