Section 261 – Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS)

CHAPTER XX – TRIAL OF WARRANT-CASES BY MAGISTRATES

A. Cases instituted on a police report

261. Compliance with section 230.

When, in any warrant-case instituted on a police report, the accused appears or is brought before a Magistrate at the commencement of the trial, the Magistrate shall satisfy himself that he has complied with the provisions of section 230.