Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023
Section 162 :
Magistrate may prohibit repetition or continuance of public nuisance :
(See section 143 of CrPC 1973)
A District Magistrate or Sub-divisional Magistrate, or any other Executive Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner of Police empowered by the State Government or the District Magistrate in this behalf, may order any person not to repeat or continue a public nuisance, as defined in the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, or any special or local law.