BNSS340
BNSS Section 340: Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended
Ch XXVI · General Provisions as to Inquiries and Trials
Gazette p.116
Verbatim · BNSS340. Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended.— Any person accused of an offence before a Criminal Court, or against whom proceedings are instituted under this Sanhita, may of right be defended by an advocate of his choice.
Corresponds (indicatively) to CrPC 303 of the repealed Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC → BNSS table
Cite as: Section 340, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023)