The CrPC 1973 was replaced by the BNSS 2023 (in force 2024-07-01); no verified section mapping on file for Section 347 — confirm the corresponding provision (savings: Section 531, BNSS 2023).
When the State Government so directs, any Registrar or any Sub-Registrar appointed under the [x x x x] Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908), shall be deemed to be a Civil Court within the meaning of Sections 345 and 346. The word "Indian" omitted by Act 56 of 1974, Section 3 and Schedule II (w.e.f. 20/12/1974).