CHAPTER XXVI PROVISIONS AS TO OFFENCES AFFECTING THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Section 347: When Registrar or Sub-Registrar to be deemed a Civil Court

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

When the State Government so directs, any Registrar or any Sub-Registrar appointed under the ¹*** Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908), shall be deemed to be a Civil Court within the meaning of sections 345 and 346.

Footnotes in the official text

1.The word “Indian” omitted by Act 56 of 1974, s. 3 and the Second Schedule (w.e.f. 20-12-1974).

Now in the BNSS

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

347. When Registrar or Sub-Registrar to be deemed a Civil Court.

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