Which one of the following provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 provides that the…

Section 193(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 173(1A) CrPC) requires the investigation of the specified rape offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and of offences under sections 4, 6, 8 and 10 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, to be completed within two months from the date on which the information was recorded by the officer in charge of the police station. Section 193(1) states the general rule that every investigation be completed without unnecessary delay, section 193(3) deals with the police report forwarded to the Magistrate on completion of the investigation, and section 193(4) with submitting that report through a superior police officer.

As inserted in 2009, the old Code allowed three months ("may be completed") for investigating rape of a child; since 2018 the rule has been a mandatory two months, now carried into the BNSS.