BNSS § 47 · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 47 BNSS — Person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest and of right to bail
Replaces CrPC 50 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. In force since 1 July 2024.
The text
(1) Every police officer or other person arresting any person without warrant shall forthwith communicate to him full particulars of the offence for which he is arrested or other grounds for such arrest.
(2) Where a police officer arrests without warrant any person other than a person accused of a nonbailable offence, he shall inform the person arrested that he is entitled to be released on bail and that he may arrange for sureties on his behalf.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text.