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Which section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 punishes a person in charge of a hospital for…

Section 200 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 punishes a hospital’s person in charge for contravening section 397 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Section…

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Which section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 punishes a person in charge of a hospital for contravening the victim-treatment duties in section 397 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023?

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Section 200 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 punishes a hospital’s person in charge for contravening section 397 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Section 397 requires public and private hospitals to provide immediate first aid or medical treatment free of cost to victims of specified offences and to inform the police immediately.

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Option A

Section 198 concerns a public servant disobeying law with intent to cause injury. The hospital duty offence has a separate provision.

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Section 200 punishes the person in charge of a hospital for contravening the duties in section 397 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

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Section 199 concerns a public servant disobeying a direction under law. The offence for contravening the hospital duty appears in section 200.

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Section 201 concerns a public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury.

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