Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 17
Subordination of Executive Magistrates
In one line
BNSS Section 17 deals with subordination of executive magistrates and replaces CrPC 23.
Bare act text — BNSS 17
17. Subordination of Executive Magistrates.
(1) All Executive Magistrates shall be subordinate to the District Magistrate, and every Executive Magistrate (other than the Sub-divisional Magistrate) exercising powers in a sub-division shall also be subordinate to the Sub-divisional Magistrate, subject, to the general control of the District Magistrate.
(2) The District Magistrate may, from time to time, make rules or give special orders, consistent with this Sanhita, as to the distribution or allocation of business among the Executive Magistrates subordinate to him.
What changed from the CrPC
- CrPC 23 → BNSS 17: The words "other than the additional District Magistrate" are excluded.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 17 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 17 (Subordination of Executive Magistrates) replaces Section 23 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 23 is now BNSS 17.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 12 — Local Jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates
- BNSS 13 — Subordination of Judicial Magistrates
- BNSS 14 — Executive Magistrates
- BNSS 15 — Special Executive Magistrates
- BNSS 16 — Local Jurisdiction of Executive
- BNSS 18 — Public Prosecutors
- BNSS 19 — Assistant Public Prosecutors
- BNSS 20 — Directorate of Prosecution
- BNSS 21 — Courts by which offences are triable
- BNSS 22 — Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass