Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 150
Power of certain armed force officers to disperse assembly
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BNSS Section 150 deals with power of certain armed force officers to disperse assembly and replaces CrPC 131.
Bare act text — BNSS 150
150. Power of certain armed force officers to disperse assembly.
When the public security is manifestly endangered by any such assembly and no Executive Magistrate can be communicated with, any commissioned or gazetted officer of the armed forces may disperse such assembly with the help of the armed forces under his command, and may arrest and confine any persons forming part of it, in order to disperse such assembly or that they may be punished according to law; but if, while he is acting under this section, it becomes practicable for him to communicate with an Executive Magistrate, he shall do so, and shall thenceforward obey the instructions of the Magistrate, as to whether he shall or shall not continue such action.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 150 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 150 (Power of certain armed force officers to disperse assembly) replaces Section 131 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 131 is now BNSS 150.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- 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 149 — Use of armed forces 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
- BNSS 155 — Penalty for failure to comply with section 154