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Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Section 517: Exclusion of date on which Court is closed

Chapter XXXVIII — Limitation for Taking Cognizance of Certain Offences

517. Where the period of limitation expires on a day when the Court is closed, the Court may take cognizance on the day on which the Court reopens.

Explanation.—A Court shall be deemed to be closed on any day within the meaning of this section, if, during its normal working hours, it remains closed on that day.

Source: official text of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Ministry of Home Affairs).