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Section 16 - The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
16. Local Jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates.
(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 which the Executive Magistrates may exercise all or any of the powers with which they may be invested under this Sanhita.
(2) Except as otherwise provided by such definition, the jurisdiction and powers of every such Magistrate shall extend throughout the district.
Related Sections
- Section 400: Order to pay costs in non-cognizable cases
- Section 349: Power of Magistrate to order person to give specimen signatures or handwriting, etc
- Section 304: Officer in charge of prison to abstain from carrying out order in certain contingencies
- Section 137: Discharge of person informed against
- Section 24: Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine
Related Acts
- Dam Safety Act, 2021
- Inland Vessels Act, 2021
- Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023
- Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2019
- Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Act, 2019
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