CrPC · Chapter VIIA · Reciprocal arrangements for assistance in certain matters and procedure for attachment and forfeiture of property

CrPC section 105A in the BNSS

CrPC 105ABNSS 111

CrPC section 105A, “Definitions”, is now BNSS section 111 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.

What changed

From CrPC 105A to BNSS 111

The words are the same as in the CrPC, apart from “Sanhita” for the Act’s own name and the new numbers of the sections it refers to.

The official text

Old and new, side by side

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Section 105A Definitions

In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(a) “contracting State” means any country or place outside India in respect of which arrangements have been made by the Central Government with the Government of such country through a treaty or otherwise;

(b) “identifying” includes establishment of a proof that the property was derived from, or used in, the commission of an offence;

(c) “proceeds of crime” means any property derived or obtained directly or indirectly, by any person as a result of criminal activity (including crime involving currency transfers) or the value of any such property;

(d) “property” means property and assets of every description whether corporeal or incorporeal, movable or immovable, tangible or intangible and deeds and instruments evidencing title to, or interest in, such property or assets derived or used in the commission of an offence and includes property obtained through proceeds of crime;

(e) “tracing” means determining the nature, source, disposition, movement, title or ownership of property.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Section 111 Definitions

In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(b) “identifying” includes establishment of a proof that the property was derived from, or used in, the commission of an offence;

(e) “tracing” means determining the nature, source, disposition, movement, title or ownership of property.

The texts are India Code’s. The amendment markers and footnotes of the official print are left out, so the old section reads as it stood when it was repealed; State amendments are not shown. The PDFs linked below carry the full history.

Old law or new?

Which one applies to a case

The BNSS repealed the CrPC from 1 July 2024 (section 531(1)). Any appeal, application, trial, inquiry or investigation pending immediately before that date is disposed of under the CrPC as it then stood, as if the BNSS had not come into force (section 531(2)(a)). Anything not pending on that date follows the BNSS.