BNSS 16 — Local Jurisdiction of Executive.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

Magistrates. (1) Subject to the control of the State Government,
the  District  Magistrate  may, from  time  to  time,  define  the  local  limits  of  the  areas  within  which  the
Executive  Magistrates may  exercise  all  or  any  of  the  powers  with  which  they  may  be  invested  under
this Sanhita.
(2)  Except  as  otherwise  provided  by  such  definition,  the  jurisdiction  and  powers  of every  such
Magistrate shall extend throughout the district.

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