A Magistrate records the confession of an accused or a statement of a witness during investigation,…

Section 183 BNSS (formerly section 164 CrPC) authorises a Magistrate of the district in which the information about the offence has been registered to record investigative confessions or statements and provides the associated safeguards. Section 316 (formerly section 281 CrPC) supplies the referenced recording form for an accused’s confession, but section 183 is the substantive investigative recording provision covering both categories. Section 181 concerns statements made to the police, and Chapter XXV deals with evidence in inquiries and trials.