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CHAPTER V ARREST OF PERSONS

Section 54A: Identification of person arrested

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

1[Where a person is arrested on a charge of committing an offence and his identification by any other person or persons is considered necessary for the purpose of investigation of such

offence, the Court, having jurisdiction may, on the request of the officer in charge of a police station, direct the

person so arrested to subject himself to identification by any person or persons in such manner as the Court may deem fit:]

2[Provided that, if the person identifying the person arrested is mentally or physically disabled, such process of identification shall take place under the supervision of a Judicial Magistrate who shall take appropriate steps to

ensure that such person identifies the person arrested using methods that person is comfortable with:

Provided further that if the person identifying the person arrested is mentally or physically disabled, the identification process shall be videographed.]

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Ins. by Act 25 of 2005, s. 11 (w.e.f. 23-6-2006).
  2. 2.Ins. by Act 13 of 2013, s. 12 (w.e.f. 3-2-2013).

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

54A. Identification of person arrested.BNSS 54

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