Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section 472 Continuing offence
In the case of a continuing offence, a fresh period of limitation shall begin to run at every moment of the time during which the offence continues.
CrPC · Chapter XXXVI · Limitation for taking cognizance of certain offences
CrPC section 472 in the BNSS
CrPC 472BNSS 518
CrPC section 472, “Continuing offence”, is now BNSS section 518 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.
What changed
From CrPC 472 to BNSS 518
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
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 518 Continuing offence
In the case of a continuing offence, a fresh period of limitation shall begin to run at every moment of the time during which the offence continues.
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amendment markers and footnotes of the official print are left out, so the old section reads as it stood when it was repealed; State amendments are not shown.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The BNSS repealed the CrPC from 1 July 2024 (section 531(1)).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.
Sources
- The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974), India Code (archived copy)
- The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act 46 of 2023), India Code (archived copy)
- Correspondence Table and Comparison Summary of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC), Bureau of Police Research and Development (Ministry of Home Affairs): where each section went
