Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

CrPC 427BNSS 467

Sentence on offender already sentenced for another offence

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Under Section 467 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 427 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973)...

Bare act text — BNSS 467

467. Sentence on offender already sentenced for another offence .—(1) When a person already undergoing a sentence of imprisonment is sentenced on a subsequent conviction to i mprisonment or imprisonment for life, such imprisonment or imprisonment for life shall commence at the expiration of the imprisonment to which he has been previously sentenced, unless the Court directs that the subsequent sentence shall run concurrently with such previous sentence: Provided that where a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment by an order under section 141 in default of furnishing security is, whilst undergoing such sentence, sentenced to imprisonment for an offence committed prior to the making of such order, the latter sentence shall commence immediately. (2) When a person already undergoing a sentence of imprisonment for life is sentenced on a subsequent conviction to imprisonment for a term or imprisonment for life, the subsequent s entence shall run concurrently with such previous sentence.

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What is CrPC 427 equivalent in BNSS?

CrPC Section 427 (Sentence on offender already sentenced for another offence) corresponds to Section 467 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).

What changed between CrPC 427 and BNSS 467?

No change.

How do I cite BNSS 467 in a pleading?

Under Section 467 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 427 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973)...

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