BNSS 515 — Commencement of period of limitation.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

(1) The period of limitation, in relation to an offender,
shall commence,—
(a) on the date of the offence; or
(b) where the commission of the offence was not known to the person aggrieved by the offence or
to any police officer, the first day on which such offence comes to the knowledge of such person or to
any police officer, whichever is earlier; or
(c) where it is not known by whom the offence was committed, the first day on which the identity
of  the  offender  is  known  to the  person  aggrieved  by  the  offence  or  to  the  police  officer  making
investigation into the offence, whichever is earlier.
(2) In computing the said period, the day from which such period is to be computed shall be excluded.

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