GS-II: Governance, Polity, IR
Preventive provisions of the BNSS, 2023
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State power to act before an offence occurs defines the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023's preventive architecture: security proceedings to keep the peace, warrantless arrest to prevent a cognizable offence, dispersal of unlawful assemblies, and Section 163 prohibitory orders replacing CrPC Section 144 from 1 July 2024. Article 22 is the constitutional frame: clauses (1) and (2) guarantee grounds of arrest and production before a magistrate within twenty-four hours; clause (3) withdraws both protections for persons held under a preventive-detention law. Preventive action targets anticipated harm; punitive action responds to an offence already committed — that distinction governs which Article 22 safeguards apply.