Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 27
Powers of officers appointed
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BNSS Section 27 deals with powers of officers appointed and replaces CrPC 33.
Bare act text — BNSS 27
27. Powers of officers appointed.
Whenever any person holding an office in the service of Government who has been invested by the High Court or the State Government with any powers under this Sanhita throughout any local area is appointed to an equal or higher office of the samenature, within a like local area under the same State Government, he shall, unless the High Court or the State Government, as the case may be, otherwise directs, or has otherwise directed, exercise the same powers in the local area in which he is so appointed.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 27 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 27 (Powers of officers appointed) replaces Section 33 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 33 is now BNSS 27.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 22 — Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass
- BNSS 23 — Sentences which Magistrates may pass
- BNSS 24 — Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine
- BNSS 25 — Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial
- BNSS 26 — Mode of conferring powers
- BNSS 28 — Withdrawal of powers
- BNSS 29 — Powers of Judges and Magistrates exercisable by their successors-in-office
- BNSS 30 — Powers of superior officers of police
- BNSS 31 — Public when to assist Magistrates and police
- BNSS 32 — Aid to person, other than police officer, executing warrant