Which provision of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, deals with release on probation of…

Section 401 is the release provision. Its saving preserves the operation of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, and the other laws it specifies.

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, deals with release on probation of good conduct or after admonition?

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Correct answer D

Section 401 is the release provision. Its saving preserves the operation of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, and the other laws it specifies.

Option A

Section 283 concerns the power to try cases summarily.

Option B

Section 394 concerns orders requiring a previously convicted offender to notify an address.

Option C

Section 402 concerns recording special reasons in specified cases where probation or another specified treatment was available but not ordered.

Option D

Section 401 is the release provision. Its saving preserves the operation of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, and the other laws it specifies.