Every warrant for the execution of a sentence may be issued either by the Judge or Magistrate who passed the sentence, or by his successor-in-office.
Section 465 BNSS: Who may issue warrant
- Corresponding CrPC
- Section 425 CrPC
Bare Act text
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
Every warrant for execution of a sentence may be issued by the Judge or Magistrate who passed the sentence or by his successor-in-office.
Chapter XXXIV: Execution, Suspension, Remission And Commutation Of Sentences
- 453 Execution of order passed under section 409
- 454 Execution of sentence of death passed by High Court
- 455 Postponement of execution of sentence of death in case of appeal to Supreme Court
- 456 Commutation of sentence of death on pregnant woman
- 457 Power to appoint place of imprisonment
- 458 Execution of sentence of imprisonment
- 459 Direction of warrant for execution
- 460 Warrant with whom to be lodged
- 461 Warrant for levy of fine
- 462 Effect of such warrant
- 463 Warrant for levy of fine issued by a Court in any territory to which this Sanhita does not extend
- 464 Suspension of execution of sentence of imprisonment
- 465 Who may issue warrant
- 466 Sentence on escaped convict when to take effect
- 467 Sentence on offender already sentenced for another offence
- 468 Period of detention undergone by accused to be set off against sentence of imprisonment
- 469 Saving
- 470 Return of warrant on execution of sentence
- 471 Money ordered to be paid recoverable as a fine
- 472 Mercy petition in death sentence cases
- 473 Power to suspend or remit sentences
- 474 Power to commute sentence
- 475 Restriction on powers of remission or commutation in certain cases
- 476 Concurrent power of Central Government in case of death sentences
- 477 State Government to act after concurrence with Central Government in certain cases