CrPC → BNSS

CrPC Section 129 in BNSS

CrPC Section 129 corresponds to BNSS Section 148 under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

Old provisionCode of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Section 129
New provision148
New ActBharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
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BNSS Section 148 — Dispersal of assembly by use of civil force

Drafting note. No change.

(1) Any Executive Magistrate or officer in charge of a police station or, in the absence of such officer in charge, any police officer, not below the rank of a sub-inspector, may command any unlawful assembly, or any assembly of five or more persons likely to cause a disturbance of the public peace, to disperse; and it shall thereupon be the duty of the members of such assembly to disperse accordingly. (2) If, upon being so commanded, any such assembly does not disperse, or if, without being so commanded, it conducts itself in such a manner as to show a determination not to disperse, any Execu

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Questions this page answers

What is CrPC 129 in BNSS?

CrPC Section 129 is BNSS Section 148 — Dispersal of assembly by use of civil force.

Has the provision changed?

No change.

Which law applies to an offence today?

Offences committed on or after 1 July 2024 are dealt with under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023; earlier offences continue under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

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