CHAPTER X OF CONTEMPTS OF THE LAWFUL AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC SERVANTS

Section 174A: Non-appearance in response to a proclamation under section 82 of Act 2 of 1974

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

¹[ Whoever fails to appear at the specified place and the specified time as required by a proclamation published under sub-section (1) of section 82 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both, and where a declaration has been made under sub-section (4) of that section pronouncing him as a proclaimed offender, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine.]

Footnotes in the official text

1.Ins. by Act 25 of 2005, s. 44 (w.e.f. 23-6-2006).

Now in the BNS

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

174A. Non-appearance in response to a proclamation under section 82 of Act 2 of 1974.

BNS 209

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1. Under Section 209 BNS, a person who fails to appear as required by a proclamation under Section 84(1) BNSS, and in respect of whom a declaration has been made under Section 84(4) BNSS pronouncing him a proclaimed offender, is punishable with imprisonment which may extend to:

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