BNSS · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 80 — Warrant forwarded for execution outside jurisdiction.
Replaces CrPC Section 78.
(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.
Nearby sections
- 77 Notification of substance of warrant.
- 78 Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay.
- 79 Where warrant may be executed.
- 81 Warrant directed to police officer for execution outside jurisdiction.
- 82 Procedure on arrest of person against whom warrant issued.
- 83 Procedure by Magistrate before whom such person arrested is brought.
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