BNSS Mini Quiz 1

1. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is:

Act No. 45 of 2023

Act No. 46 of 2023

Act No. 47 of 2023

Act No. 48 of 2023

2. Under Section 1 of BNSS, the provisions of the Sanhita, other than those relating to specified Chapters, do not automatically apply to:

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh

Nagaland and tribal areas

Union Territories

Scheduled Areas in every State

3. Information relating to a cognizable offence is communicated electronically to the officer in charge of a police station. Under Section 173 BNSS, which is correct?

It is invalid unless physically submitted within 24 hours.

It must be signed by the informant within three days.

It must be signed within seven days.

Electronic communication is not recognized by BNSS.

4. Under Section 173, information concerning a cognizable offence:

May be given irrespective of the area where the offence was committed.

Can be given only at the police station having territorial jurisdiction.

Can be given only to the Superintendent of Police.

Must first be approved by a Magistrate.

5. A police officer receives information concerning an offence punishable with seven years or more. Which statement is most accurate under BNSS?

A preliminary inquiry is mandatory in every such case.

A preliminary inquiry is expressly permitted in all cases irrespective of punishment.

Section 176 contains a statutory mechanism concerning preliminary inquiry and also provides for forensic crime-scene measures for specified offences.

Preliminary inquiry has completely disappeared from BNSS.

6. Under Section 43 BNSS, police may use handcuffs, keeping in view the nature and gravity of the offence, against:

Every arrested person as a matter of routine.

Only persons accused of offences punishable with death.

A habitual or repeat offender and persons accused of specified serious categories of offences, including organised crime, terrorist acts, murder, rape and certain others.

No arrested person under any circumstances.

7. Under Section 43(5), ordinarily a woman shall not be arrested:

Between 8 PM and 6 AM.

Between sunset and sunrise.

Between 10 PM and 5 AM.

On public holidays.

8. Which BNSS provision specifically recognises the right of an arrested person to meet an advocate of his choice during interrogation, though not throughout interrogation?

Section 36

Section 37

Section 38

Section 39

9. Who may record a confession under Section 183 BNSS?

Any police officer authorised by the Superintendent of Police.

Only the officer investigating the case.

A Magistrate, subject to the statutory safeguards.

The Public Prosecutor.

10. If a person appearing before the Magistrate under Section 183 states, before the confession is recorded, that he is unwilling to make the confession, the Magistrate:

Must nevertheless record the refusal as a confession.

May authorise police custody to compel the confession.

Shall not authorise detention of that person in police custody.

Must send the person to judicial custody for seven days.