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Section 15 BNSS — Special Executive Magistrates

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Official PDF page 7

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15. The State Government may appoint, for such term as it may think fit, Executive Magistrates or any police officer not below the rank of Superintendent of Police or equivalent, to be known as Special Executive Magistrates, for particular areas or for the performance of particular functions and confer on such Special Executive Magistrates such of the powers as are conferrable under this Sanhita on Executive Magistrates, as it may deem fit.

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