CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
337. Procedure where lunatic prisoner is reported capable of making his defence
376. Procedure where prisoner of unsound mind is reported capable of making his defence
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
337. Procedure where lunatic prisoner is reported capable of making his defence.—If such person is
detained under the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 330, and in the case of a person detained in a jail, the
Inspector-General of Prisons, or, in the case of a person detained a lunatic asylum, the visitors of such asylum, or
any two of them shall certify that, in his or their opinion, such person is capable of making his defence, he shall be
taken before the Magistrate or Court, as the case may be, at such time as the Magistrate or Court appoints, and the
Magistrate or Court shall deal with such person under the provisions of section 332; and the certificate of such
Inspector-General or visitors as aforesaid shall be receivable as evidence.
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
376. Procedure where prisoner of unsound mind is reported capable of making his defence.—If
a person is detained under the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 369, and in the case of a person
detained in a jail, the Inspector-General of Prisons, or, in the case of a person detained in a public mental
health establishment, the Mental Health Review Board constituted under the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017
(10 of 2017), shall certify that, in his or their opinion, such person is capable of making his defence, he
shall be taken before the Magistrate or Court, as the case may be, at such time as the Magistrate or Court
appoints, and the Magistrate or Court shall deal with such person under the provisions of section 371; and
the certificate of such Inspector-General or visitors as aforesaid shall be receivable as evidence.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023