What is BNSS Section 376 in CrPC?

BNSS Section 376 (376. Procedure where prisoner of unsound mind is reported capable of making his defence. (Change)) now corresponds to CrPC Section 337 — 337. Procedure where lunatic prisoner is reported capable of making his defence.. The text has changed.

The text has changed

BNSS Section 376 is now CrPC Section 337

376. Procedure where prisoner of unsound mind is reported capable of making his defence. (Change)

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BNSS §376

376. Procedure where prisoner of unsound mind is reported capable of making his defence. (Change)

376. If a person is detained under the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 369, and in the case of a person detained in a jail, the Inspector-General of Prisons, or, in the case of a person detained in a public mental health establishment, the Mental Health Review Board constituted under the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, shall certify that, in his or their opinion, such person is capable of making his defence, he shall be taken before the Magistrate or Court, as the case may be, at such time as the Magistrate or Court appoints, and the Magistrate or Court shall deal with such person under the provisions of section 371; and the certificate of such Inspector-General or visitors as aforesaid shall be receivable as evidence.

337. Procedure where lunatic prisoner is reported capable of making his defence.

337. If such person is detained under the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 330, and in the case of a person detained in a jail, the Inspector-General of Prisons, or, in the case of a person detained a lunatic asylum, the visitors of such asylum, or any two of them shall certify that, in his or their opinion, such person is capable of making his defence, he shall be taken before the Magistrate or Court, as the case may be, at such time as the Magistrate or Court appoints, and the Magistrate or Court shall deal with such person under the provisions of section 332; and the certificate of such Inspector-General or visitors as aforesaid shall be receivable as evidence.