Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 160
Procedure on order being made absolute and consequences of disobedience
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BNSS Section 160 deals with procedure on order being made absolute and consequences of disobedience and replaces CrPC 141.
Bare act text — BNSS 160
160. Procedure on order being made absolute and consequences of disobedience.
(1) When an order has been made absolute under section 155 or section 157, the Magistrate shall give notice of the same to the person against whom the order was made, and shall further require him to perform the act directed by the order within the time to be fixed in the notice, and inform him that, in case of disobedience, he shall be liable to the penalty provided by section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
(2) If such act is not performed within the time fixed, the Magistrate may cause it to be performed, and may recover the costs of performing it, either by the sale of any building, goods or other property removed by his order, or by the distress and sale of any other movable property of such person within or without such Magistrate's local jurisdiction, and if such other property is without such jurisdiction, the order shall authorise its attachment and sale when endorsed by the Magistrate within whose local jurisdiction the property to be attached is found.
(3) No suit shall lie in respect of anything done in good faith under this section.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 160 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 160 (Procedure on order being made absolute and consequences of disobedience) replaces Section 141 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 141 is now BNSS 160.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 155 — Penalty for failure to comply with section 154
- BNSS 156 — Procedure where existence of public right is denied
- BNSS 157 — Procedure where person against whom order is made under section 152 appears to show-cause
- BNSS 158 — Power of Magistrate to direct local investigation and examination of an expert
- BNSS 159 — Power of Magistrate to furnish written instructions, etc
- BNSS 161 — Injunction pending inquiry
- BNSS 162 — Magistrate may prohibit repetition or Continuance of public nuisance
- BNSS 163 — Power to issue order in urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger
- BNSS 164 — Procedure where dispute concerning land or water is likely to cause breach of peace
- BNSS 165 — Power to attach subject of dispute and to appoint receiver