CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
478. Power to alter functions allocated to Executive Magistrate in certain cases
524. Power to alter functions allocated to Executive Magistrate in certain cases
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
[478. Power to alter functions allocated to Executive Magistrate in certain cases.—If the Legislative
Assembly of a State by a resolution so permits, the State Government may, after consultation with the High Court,
by notification, direct that references in sections 108, 109, 110, 145 and 147 to an Executive Magistrate shall be
construed as references to a Judicial Magistrate of the first class.]
STATE AMENDMENT
Union territories of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Lakshadweep
In the Code, as it applies to the Union territories to which this Regulation extends, in sections, 478, the
words “if the State Legislature by a resolution so requires.” Shall be omitted.
[Vide The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Regulation, 1974 Act (1 of 1974) s. 6.]
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
524. Power to alter functions allocated to Executive Magistrate in certain cases.—If the Legislative
Assembly of a State by a resolution so permits, the State Government may, after consultation with the High
Court, by notification, direct that references in sections 127, 128, 129, 164 and 166 to an Executive
Magistrate shall be construed as references to a Judicial Magistrate of the first class.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023