BNSS Section 160: Procedure on order being made absolute and consequences of disobedience
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 11: MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ORDER AND TRANQUILLITY (A.—Unlawful assemblies, B.—Public nuisances, C.—Urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger, D.—Disputes as to immovable property)
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160.
(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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Other sections in this chapter
- 148. Dispersal of assembly by use of civil force
- 149. Use of armed forces to disperse assembly
- 150. Power of certain armed force officers to disperse assembly
- 151. Protection against prosecution for acts done under sections 148, 149 and 150
- 152. Conditional order for removal of nuisance
- 153. Service or notification of order
- 154. Person to whom order is addressed to obey or show cause
- 155. Penalty for failure to comply with section 154
- 156. Procedure where existence of public right is denied
- 157. Procedure where person against whom order is made under section 152 appears to show cause
- 158. Power of Magistrate to direct local investigation and examination of an expert
- 159. Power of Magistrate to furnish written instructions, etc
- 161. Injunction pending inquiry
- 162. Magistrate may prohibit repetition or continuance of public nuisance
- 163. Power to issue order in urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger
- 164. Procedure where dispute concerning land or water is likely to cause breach of peace
- 165. Power to attach subject of dispute and to appoint receiver
- 166. Dispute concerning right of use of land or water
- 167. Local inquiry