Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 80
Warrant forwarded for execution outside jurisdiction
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BNSS Section 80 deals with warrant forwarded for execution outside jurisdiction and replaces CrPC 78.
Bare act text — BNSS 80
80. Warrant forwarded for execution outside jurisdiction.
(1) When a warrant is to be executed outside the local jurisdiction of the Court issuing it, such Court may, instead of directing the warrant to a police officer within its jurisdiction, forward it by post or otherwise to any Executive Magistrate or District Superintendent of Police or Commissioner of Police within the local limits of whose jurisdiction it is to be executed; and the Executive Magistrate or District Superintendent or Commissioner shall endorse his name thereon, and if practicable, cause it to be executed in the manner hereinbefore provided.
(2) The Court issuing a warrant under sub-section (1) shall forward, along with thewarrant, the substance of the information against the person to be arrested together with such documents, if any, as may be sufficient to enable the Court acting under section 83 to decide whether bail should or should not be granted to the person.
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What was BNSS Section 80 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 80 (Warrant forwarded for execution outside jurisdiction) replaces Section 78 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 78 is now BNSS 80.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 75 — Warrant may be directed to any person
- BNSS 76 — Warrant directed to police officer
- BNSS 77 — Notification of substance of warrant
- BNSS 78 — Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay
- BNSS 79 — Where warrant may be executed
- BNSS 81 — Warrant directed to police officer for execution outside jurisdiction
- BNSS 82 — Procedure on arrest of person against whom warrant issued
- BNSS 83 — Procedure by Magistrate before whom such person arrested is brought
- BNSS 84 — Proclamation for person absconding
- BNSS 85 — Attachment of property of person absconding