Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 11
Special Judicial Magistrates
In one line
BNSS Section 11 deals with special judicial magistrates and replaces CrPC 13.
Bare act text — BNSS 11
11. Special Judicial Magistrates.
(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 under the Government, all or any of the powers conferred or conferrable by or under this Sanhita on a Judicial Magistrate of the first class or of the second class, in respect to particular cases or to particular classes of cases, in any local area: Provided that no such power shall be conferred on a person unless he possesses such qualification or experience in relation to legal affairs as the High Court may, by rules, specify.
(2) Such Magistrates shall be called Special Judicial Magistrates and shall be appointed for such term, not exceeding one year at a time, as the High Court may, by general or special order, direct.
What changed from the CrPC
- CrPC 13 → BNSS 11: The words "not being a Metropolitan area" are excluded.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 11 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 11 (Special Judicial Magistrates) replaces Section 13 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 13 is now BNSS 11.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 6 — Classes of Criminal Courts
- BNSS 7 — Territorial divisions
- BNSS 8 — Court of Session
- BNSS 9 — Courts of Judicial Magistrates
- BNSS 10 — Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc
- BNSS 12 — Local Jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates
- BNSS 13 — Subordination of Judicial Magistrates
- BNSS 14 — Executive Magistrates
- BNSS 15 — Special Executive Magistrates
- BNSS 16 — Local Jurisdiction of Executive