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Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter II: Constitution Of Criminal Courts And Offices

Section 15 BNSS: Special Executive Magistrates

Corresponding CrPC
Section 21 CrPC

Bare Act text

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 or equivalent, to be known as Special Executive Magistrates, for particular areas or for the performance of particular functions and confer on such Special Executive Magistrates such of the powers as are conferrable under this Sanhita on Executive Magistrates, as it may deem fit.

Text as enacted in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023), in force from 1 July 2024. Source: India Code, Government of India.

In simple words

Allows the State Government to appoint Executive Magistrates, or police officers not below the rank of Superintendent of Police or equivalent, as Special Executive Magistrates for particular areas or functions. They may be given such powers of Executive Magistrates as the State Government considers fit.

Chapter II: Constitution Of Criminal Courts And Offices

  1. 6 Classes of Criminal Courts
  2. 7 Territorial divisions
  3. 8 Court of Session
  4. 9 Courts of Judicial Magistrates
  5. 10 Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc
  6. 11 Special Judicial Magistrates
  7. 12 Local Jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates
  8. 13 Subordination of Judicial Magistrates
  9. 14 Executive Magistrates
  10. 15 Special Executive Magistrates
  11. 16 Local Jurisdiction of Executive
  12. 17 Subordination of Executive Magistrates
  13. 18 Public Prosecutors
  14. 19 Assistant Public Prosecutors
  15. 20 Directorate of Prosecution
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