Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 32
Aid to person, other than police officer, executing warrant
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BNSS Section 32 deals with aid to person, other than police officer, executing warrant and replaces CrPC 38.
Bare act text — BNSS 32
32. Aid to person, other than police officer, executing warrant.
When a warrant is directed to a person other than a police officer, any other person may aid in the execution of such warrant, if the person to whom the warrant is directed be near at hand and acting in the execution of the warrant.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 32 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 32 (Aid to person, other than police officer, executing warrant) replaces Section 38 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 38 is now BNSS 32.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- 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 30 — Powers of superior officers of police
- BNSS 31 — Public when to assist Magistrates and police
- 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
- BNSS 36 — Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest
- BNSS 37 — Designated police officer