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Under the first proviso to Section 179(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for which…

Under the first proviso to Section 179(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (replacing Section 160(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and lowering the…

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Under the first proviso to Section 179(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for which type of witnesses is a police officer bound to require their attendance only at the place where they reside (unless they are willing to attend at the police station)?

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Under the first proviso to Section 179(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (replacing Section 160(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and lowering the senior-citizen age threshold from 65 years to 60 years), no male person under the age of 15 years or above the age of 60 years, or a woman, or a mentally or physically disabled person, or a person with acute illness shall be required to attend at any place other than the place in which such person resides (unless willing to attend at the police station). Therefore, "All of the given options are correct".

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