BNSS 80 — Warrant forwarded for execution outside jurisdiction.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

(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.

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