Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 171
Prevention of injury to public property
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BNSS Section 171 deals with prevention of injury to public property and replaces CrPC 152.
Bare act text — BNSS 171
171. Prevention of injury to public property.
A police officer may of his own authority interpose to prevent any injury attempted to be committed in his view to any public property, movable or immovable, or the removal or injury of any public landmark, buoy or other mark used for navigation.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 171 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 171 (Prevention of injury to public property) replaces Section 152 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 152 is now BNSS 171.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 166 — Dispute concerning right of use of land or water
- BNSS 167 — Local inquiry
- BNSS 168 — Police to prevent cognizable offences
- BNSS 169 — Information of design to commit cognizable offences
- BNSS 170 — Arrest to prevent commission of cognizable offences
- BNSS 172 — Persons bound to conform to lawful directions of police
- BNSS 173 — Information in cognizable cases
- BNSS 174 — Information as to non-cognizable cases and investigation of such cases
- BNSS 175 — Police officer’s power to investigate cognizable case
- BNSS 176 — Procedure for investigation