Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 15
Special Executive Magistrates
In one line
BNSS Section 15 deals with special executive magistrates and replaces CrPC 21.
Bare act text — BNSS 15
15. Special Executive Magistrates.
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.
What changed from the CrPC
- CrPC 21 → BNSS 15: With the new addition, State Government may appoint police officers of the rank Superintendent of Police or equivalent, as Special Executive Magistrates.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 15 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 15 (Special Executive Magistrates) replaces Section 21 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 21 is now BNSS 15.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 10 — Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc
- BNSS 11 — Special Judicial Magistrates
- BNSS 12 — Local Jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates
- BNSS 13 — Subordination of Judicial Magistrates
- BNSS 14 — Executive Magistrates
- BNSS 16 — Local Jurisdiction of Executive
- BNSS 17 — Subordination of Executive Magistrates
- BNSS 18 — Public Prosecutors
- BNSS 19 — Assistant Public Prosecutors
- BNSS 20 — Directorate of Prosecution