Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

BNSS Section 451

Making over or withdrawal of cases by Executive Magistrates

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BNSS Section 451 deals with making over or withdrawal of cases by executive magistrates and replaces CrPC 411.

Bare act text — BNSS 451

451. Making over or withdrawal of cases by Executive Magistrates.

Any District Magistrate or Sub-divisional Magistrate may--- (a) make over, for disposal, any proceeding which has been started before him, to any Magistrate subordinate to him; (b) withdraw any case from, or recall any case which he has made over to, any Magistrate subordinate to him, and dispose of such proceeding himself or refer it for disposal to any other Magistrate.

Frequently asked

What was BNSS Section 451 in the CrPC?

BNSS Section 451 (Making over or withdrawal of cases by Executive Magistrates) replaces Section 411 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 411 is now BNSS 451.

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