BNSS 160 — Procedure on order being made absolute and consequences of disobedience.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

(1) When an
order has been made absolute under section 155 or section 157, the Magistrate shall give notice of the same
to the person against whom the order was made, and shall further require him to perform the act directed
by the order within the time to be fixed in the notice, and inform him that, in case of disobedience, he shall
be liable to the penalty provided by section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
(2) If such act is not performed within the time fixed, the Magistrate may cause it to be performed, and
may recover the costs of performing it, either by the sale of any building, goods or other property removed
by his order, or by the distress and sale of any other movable property of such person within or without
such Magistrate's local jurisdiction, and if such other property is without such jurisdiction, the order shall
authorise  its  attachment  and  sale  when  endorsed  by  the  Magistrate  within  whose  local  jurisdiction  the
property to be attached is found.
(3) No suit shall lie in respect of anything done in good faith under this section.

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