BNSS · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 162 — Magistrate may prohibit repetition or Continuance of public nuisance.
Replaces CrPC Section 143.
A District Magistrate or Sub-divisional Magistrate, or any other Executive Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner of Police empowered by the State Government or the District Magistrate in this behalf, may order any person not to repeat or continue a public nuisance, as defined in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, or any special or local law.
Nearby sections
- 159 Power of Magistrate to furnish written instructions, etc.
- 160 Procedure on order being made absolute and consequences of disobedience.
- 161 Injunction pending inquiry.
- 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.
- 165 Power to attach subject of dispute and to appoint receiver.
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