Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 16
Local Jurisdiction of Executive
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BNSS Section 16 deals with local jurisdiction of executive and replaces CrPC 22.
Bare act text — BNSS 16
16. Local Jurisdiction of Executive.
(1) Subject to the control of the State Government, the District Magistrate may, from time to time, define the local limits of the areas within which the Executive Magistrates may exercise all or any of the powers with which they may be invested under this Sanhita.
(2) Except as otherwise provided by such definition, the jurisdiction and powers of every such Magistrate shall extend throughout the district.
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What was BNSS Section 16 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 16 (Local Jurisdiction of Executive) replaces Section 22 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 22 is now BNSS 16.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 11 — Special Judicial Magistrates
- BNSS 12 — Local Jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates
- BNSS 13 — Subordination of Judicial Magistrates
- BNSS 14 — Executive Magistrates
- BNSS 15 — Special Executive Magistrates
- BNSS 17 — Subordination of Executive Magistrates
- BNSS 18 — Public Prosecutors
- BNSS 19 — Assistant Public Prosecutors
- BNSS 20 — Directorate of Prosecution
- BNSS 21 — Courts by which offences are triable