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Section 134 BNSS — Power to dispense with personal attendance

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Official PDF page 38

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134. The Magistrate may, if he sees sufficient cause, dispense with the personal attendance of any person called upon to show cause why he should not be ordered to execute a bond for keeping the peace or for good behaviour and may permit him to appear by an advocate.

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