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Section 171 BNSS — Prevention of injury to public property

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Official PDF page 52

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171. A police officer may of his own authority interpose to prevent any injury attempted to be committed in his view to any public property, movable or immovable, or the removal or injury of any public landmark, buoy or other mark used for navigation.

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