Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 149
Use of armed forces to disperse assembly
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BNSS Section 149 deals with use of armed forces to disperse assembly and replaces CrPC 130.
Bare act text — BNSS 149
149. Use of armed forces to disperse assembly.
(1) If any assembly referred to in sub-section (1) of section 148 cannot otherwise be dispersed, and it is necessary for the public security that it should be dispersed, the District Magistrate or any other Executive Magistrate authorised by him, who is present, may cause it to be dispersed by the armed forces.
(2) Such Magistrate may require any officer in command of any group of persons belonging to the armed forces to disperse the assembly with the help of the armed forces under his command, and to arrest and confine such persons forming part of it as the Executive Magistrate may direct, or as it may be necessary to arrest and confine in order to disperse the assembly or to have them punished according to law.
(3) Every such officer of the armed forces shall obey such requisition in such manner as he thinks fit, but in so doing he shall use as little force, and do as little injury to person and property, as may be consistent with dispersing the assembly and arresting and detaining such persons.
What changed from the CrPC
- CrPC 130 → BNSS 149: In subsection (1), the words "any such assembly" are replaced by "any assembly referred to in sub-section (1) of section 148," and "Executive Magistrate of the highest rank" is replaced by "District Magistrate or any other Executive Magistrate authorised by him".
- CrPC 130 → BNSS 149: In Subsection 2, "Magistrate" is replaced by "Executive Magistrate".
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 149 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 149 (Use of armed forces to disperse assembly) replaces Section 130 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 130 is now BNSS 149.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 144 — Order for maintenance of wives, children and parents
- BNSS 145 — Procedure
- BNSS 146 — Alteration in allowance
- BNSS 147 — Enforcement of order of maintenance
- BNSS 148 — Dispersal of assembly by use of civil force
- BNSS 150 — Power of certain armed force officers to disperse assembly
- BNSS 151 — Protection against prosecution for acts done under sections 148, 149 and 150
- BNSS 152 — Conditional order for removal of nuisance
- BNSS 153 — Service or notification of order
- BNSS 154 — Person to whom order is addressed to obey or show cause