BNSS §531
Repeal and savings
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484. Repeal and savings.—(1) The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898), is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal— (a) if, immediately before the date on which this Code comes into force, there is any appeal, application, trial, inquiry or investigation pending, then, such appeal, application, trial, inquiry or investigation shall be disposed of, continued, held or made, as the case may be, in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898), as in force immediately before such commencement (hereinafter referred to as the old Code), as if this Code had not come into force: Provided that every inquiry under Chapter XVIII of the Old Code, which is pending at the commencement of this Code, shall be dealt with and disposed of in accordance with the provisions of this Code; (b) all notifications published, proclamations issued, powers conferred, forms prescribed, local jurisdictions defined, sentences passed and orders, rules and appointments, not being appointments as Special Magistrates, made under the Old Code and which are in force immediately before the commencement of this Code, shall be deemed, respectively, to have been published, issued, conferred, prescribed, defined, passed or made under the corresponding provisions of this Code; (c) any sanction accorded or consent given under the Old Code in pursuance of which no proceeding was commenced under that Code, shall be deemed to have been accorded or given under the corresponding provisions of this Code and proceedings may be commenced under this Code in pursuance of such sanction of consent; (d) the provisions of the Old Code shall continue to apply in relation to every prosecution against a Ruler within the meaning of article 363 of the Constitution.
(3) Where the period prescribed for an application or other proceeding under the Old Code had expired on or before the commencement of this Code, nothing in this Code shall be construed as enabling any such application to be made or proceeding to be commenced under this Code by reason only of the fact that a longer period therefor is prescribed by this Code or provisions are made in this Code for the extension of time.
(1) The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal—
(a) if, immediately before the date on which this Sanhita comes into force, there is any appeal, application, trial, inquiry or investigation pending, then, such appeal, application, trial, inquiry or investigation shall be disposed of, continued, held or made, as the case may be, in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, as in force immediately before such commencement (hereinafter referred to as the said Code), as if this Sanhita had not come into force;
(b) all notifications published, proclamations issued, powers conferred, forms prescribed, local jurisdictions defined, sentences passed and orders, rules and appointments, not being appointments as Special Magistrates, made under the said Code and which are in force immediately before the commencement of this Sanhita, shall be deemed, respectively, to have been published, issued, conferred, prescribed, defined, passed or made under the corresponding provisions of this Sanhita;
(c) any sanction accorded or consent given under the said Code in pursuance of which no proceeding was commenced under that Code, shall be deemed to have been accorded or given under the corresponding provisions of this Sanhita and proceedings may be commenced under this Sanhita in pursuance of such sanction or consent.
What changedAI-inferred
Repeal and savings — BNSS 531 repeals the CrPC, 1973.
Old position
CrPC 484 is concerned with Repeal and savings. THE FIRST SCHEDULE.–CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCES. THE SECOND SCHEDULE.–FORMS. FORM NO. 1.—Summons to an accused person. FORM NO. 2.—Warrant of arrest. Repeal and savings
New position
BNSS 531 modifies the framework. Topic: Repeal and savings. The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 is hereby repealed
BNSS 531 carries forward the standard repeal-and-savings architecture from CrPC 484. The CrPC, 1973 stands repealed; pending proceedings as on the BNSS commencement date (1 July 2024) continue under the CrPC, while cases registered on or after that date proceed under BNSS. Notifications, orders and...
Editorial deltaAI-indicated (source-linked)
BNSS 531 carries forward CrPC 484's repeal-and-savings architecture. The substantive textual delta is the repeal-object: BNSS 531(1) repeals the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, whereas CrPC 484(1) repealed the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898. Each savings-clause therefore preserves pending proceedings under its respective predecessor code. The savings-clause sub-provisions are partly truncated in this extract; the full equivalence of downstream sub-sections is not text-confirmed.
Transitional note (repeal & savings)
For matters initiated before 1 July 2024, CrPC 484 continues to apply. For matters from that date forward, BNSS 531 applies. The transition is governed by the repeal-and-savings clause in the new code (BNS 358 / BNSS 531 / BSA 170 as the case may be); pending proceedings under the old code carry forward unaffected.
Frequently asked
BNSS 531 (Repeal and savings). The relationship is classified as modified — see the change-note above for the textual delta.
Sources
- India Code — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Gazette of India — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
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Newlaws.in, CRPC §484 → BNSS §531 Mapping Page, last updated 2026-05-01, accessed 2026-06-15, https://newlaws.in/bnss/531.
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