Under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, where information of the commission of a cognizable offence is given through electronic communication, the information shall be signed by the person giving it within how many days?

Section 173 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 provides that where information of the commission of a cognizable offence is given through electronic communication, it must be signed by the person giving it within three days of its transmission, failing which it is treated as an oral information. The measure enables electronic FIRs while requiring authentication within a short window, and the three-day requirement is a safeguard against anonymous complaints. Twenty-four hours and forty-eight hours are periods fixed elsewhere in the Sanhita, such as the production of an arrested person before a magistrate, while seven or fifteen days do not appear in this context. Since the Sanhita specifically prescribes three days for signing electronic information, the correct answer is three days.