If a woman against whom an offence under section 124(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, is…

The first proviso to section 173(1) of the BNSS (formerly the 2013 proviso to section 154(1) CrPC) requires information from a woman alleging a listed offence against her, including acid attack under section 124 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 326A IPC), to be recorded by a woman police officer or any woman officer. It does not ordinarily require the Judicial, Chief Judicial or Sub-Divisional Magistrate to take the FIR. Disability triggers additional accessible-place and recording safeguards.