Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 30
Powers of superior officers of police
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BNSS Section 30 deals with powers of superior officers of police and replaces CrPC 36.
Bare act text — BNSS 30
30. Powers of superior officers of police.
Police officers superior in rank to an officer in charge of a police station may exercise the same powers, throughout the local area to which they are appointed, as may be exercised by such officer within the limits of his station.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 30 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 30 (Powers of superior officers of police) replaces Section 36 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 36 is now BNSS 30.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 25 — Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial
- BNSS 26 — Mode of conferring powers
- BNSS 27 — Powers of officers appointed
- BNSS 28 — Withdrawal of powers
- BNSS 29 — Powers of Judges and Magistrates exercisable by their successors-in-office
- BNSS 31 — Public when to assist Magistrates and police
- BNSS 32 — Aid to person, other than police officer, executing warrant
- BNSS 33 — Public to give information of certain offences
- BNSS 34 — Duty of officers employed in connection with affairs of a village to make certain report
- BNSS 35 — When police may arrest without warrant