BNSS 161 — Injunction pending inquiry.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

(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.

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