BNSS · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 161 — Injunction pending inquiry.
Replaces CrPC Section 142.
(1) If a Magistrate making an order under section 152 considers that immediate measures should be taken to prevent imminent danger or injury of a serious kind to the public, he may issue such an injunction to the person against whom the order was made, as is required to obviate or prevent such danger or injury pending the determination of the matter. (2) In default of such person forthwith obeying such injunction, the Magistrate may himself use, or cause to be used, such means as he thinks fit to obviate such danger or to prevent such injury. (3) No suit shall lie in respect of anything done in good faith by a Magistrate under this section.
Nearby sections
- 158 Power of Magistrate to direct local investigation and examination of an expert.
- 159 Power of Magistrate to furnish written instructions, etc.
- 160 Procedure on order being made absolute and consequences of disobedience.
- 162 Magistrate may prohibit repetition or Continuance of public nuisance.
- 163 Power to issue order in urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger.
- 164 Procedure where dispute concerning land or water is likely to cause breach of peace.
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