Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Chapter IV : Powers Of Superior Officers Of Police And Aid To The Magistrates And The Police : Section 30 : Powers of superior officers of police : (See section 36 of CrPC 1973) Police officers superior in rank to…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 29 : Powers of Judges and Magistrates exercisable by their successors-in-office : (See section 35 of CrPC 1973) (1) Subject to the other provisions of this Sanhita, the powers and duties of a Judge or Magistrate may be exercised…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 28 : Withdrawal of powers : (See section 34 of CrPC 1973) (1) The High Court or the State Government, as the case may be, may withdraw all or any of the powers conferred by it under this Sanhita…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 27 : Powers of officers appointed : (See section 33 of CrPC 1973) Whenever any person holding an office in the service of Government who has been invested by the High Court or the State Government with any powers…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 26 : Mode of conferring powers : (See section 32 of CrPC 1973) (1) In conferring powers under this Sanhita, the High Court or the State Government, as the case may be, may, by order, empower persons specially by…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 25 : Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial : (See section 31 of CrPC 1973) (1) When a person is convicted at one trial of two or more offences, the Court may, subject to…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 24 : Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine : (See section 30 of CrPC 1973) (1) The Court of a Magistrate may award such term of imprisonment in default of payment of fine as is authorised by law:…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 23 : Sentences which Magistrates may pass : (See section 29 of CrPC 1973) (1) The Court of a Chief Judicial Magistrate may pass any sentence authorised by law except a sentence of death or of imprisonment for life…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 22 : Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass : (See section 28 of CrPC 1973) (1) A High Court may pass any sentence authorised by law. (2) A Sessions Judge or Additional Sessions Judge may pass…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Chapter III : Power Of Courts : Section 21 : Courts by which offences are triable : (See section 26 of CrPC 1973) Subject to the other provisions of this Sanhita,— (a) any offence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 20 : Directorate of Prosecution : (See section 25A of CrPC 1973) (1) The State Government may establish,— (a) a Directorate of Prosecution in the State consisting of a Director of Prosecution and as many Deputy Directors of Prosecution…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 19 : Assistant Public Prosecutors : (See section 25 of CrPC 1973) (1) The State Government shall appoint in every district one or more Assistant Public Prosecutors for conducting prosecutions in the Courts of Magistrates. (2) The Central Government…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 18 : Public Prosecutors : (See section 24 of CrPC 1973) (1) For every High Court, the Central Government or the State Government shall, after consultation with the High Court, appoint a Public Prosecutor and may also appoint one…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 17 : Subordination of Executive Magistrates : (See section 23 of CrPC 1973) (1) All Executive Magistrates shall be subordinate to the District Magistrate, and every Executive Magistrate (other than the Sub-divisional Magistrate) exercising powers in a sub-division shall…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 16 : Local Jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates : (See section 22 of CrPC 1973) (1) Subject to the control of the State Government, the District Magistrate may, from time to time, define the local limits of the areas within…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 15 : Special Executive Magistrates : (See section 21 of CrPC 1973) The State Government may appoint, for such term as it may think fit, Executive Magistrates or any police officer not below the rank of Superintendent of Police…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 14 : Executive Magistrates : (See section 20 of CrPC 1973) (1) In every district, the State Government may appoint as many persons as it thinks fit to be Executive Magistrates and shall appoint one of them to be…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 13 : Subordination of Judicial Magistrates : (See section 15 of CrPC 1973) (1) Every Chief Judicial Magistrate shall be subordinate to the Sessions Judge; and every other Judicial Magistrate shall, subject to the general control of the Sessions…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 12 : Local jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates : (See section 14 of CrPC 1973) (1) Subject to the control of the High Court, the Chief Judicial Magistrate may, from time to time, define the local limits of the areas…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 11 : Special Judicial Magistrates : (See section 13 of CrPC 1973) (1) The High Court may, if requested by the Central or State Government so to do, confer upon any person who holds or has held any post…