Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 527, BNSS: Public servant concerned in sale not to purchase or bid for property
Section 527 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in the Act's own words, with the CrPC provision it replaces.
What it replaces
| BNSS provision | CrPC provision | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| Section 527 | Section 481 | corresponds |
From the Bureau of Police Research and Development's official comparison summary (source below). The whole table: CrPC to BNSS.
The section
527. Public servant concerned in sale not to purchase or bid for property.
A public servant having any duty to perform in connection with the sale of any property under this Sanhita shall not purchase or bid for the property.The text is India Code's consolidated text as loaded into Pundora's statute corpus on 1 September 2026. A section quoted in a draft checked by Pundora is checked against this text.
Sources
- India Code: Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, section 527 (read 1 September 2026)
- Bureau of Police Research and Development: comparison summary, BNSS to CrPC (read 1 September 2026)