BNSS Section 27: Powers of officers appointed
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 3: Power of Courts
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¶27. Whenever any person holding an office in the service of Government who has been invested by the High Court or the State Government with any powers under this Sanhita throughout any local area is appointed to an equal or higher office of the same nature, within a like local area under the same State Government, he shall, unless the High Court or the State Government, as the case may be, otherwise directs, or has otherwise directed, exercise the same powers in the local area in which he is so appointed.
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Replaces CrPC 33. CrPC → BNSS converterSource: BPR&D BNSS–CrPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-07-03)
Official reference: Ministry of Home Affairs: Gazette text, 25 December 2023 — source link checked: 2 October 2026.Recorded edition / snapshot date: 2024-07-01.Mobile-app reference import; the recorded snapshot date is not a fresh legal-currency guarantee. The linked government text is an independent authoritative reference, not certification that this website reproduces the same edition. The source link was checked, not every provision or subsequent amendment. Check commencement notifications, savings and jurisdiction-specific variations separately.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 21. Courts by which offences are triable
- 22. Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass
- 23. Sentences which Magistrates may pass
- 24. Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine
- 25. Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial
- 26. Mode of conferring powers
- 28. Withdrawal of powers
- 29. Powers of Judges and Magistrates exercisable by their successors-in-office