Read with the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 143 of the Negotiable Instruments Act,…

Section 143(1) of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 applies "the provisions of sections 262 to 265 (both inclusive)" of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, as far as may be, to summary trials of cheque-dishonour offences. Since the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaced that Code from 1 July 2024, the reference is read as one to the corresponding sections 285 to 288 of the BNSS (section 8, General Clauses Act, 1897). Sections 261 to 273 of the BNSS govern the trial of warrant cases by Magistrates, not summary trial; sections 318 and 319 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 deal with cheating, and sections 104 to 107 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 with burden of proof.