CrPC Section 131: Power of certain armed force officers to disperse assembly
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 10: Maintenance of public order and traquillity
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
131. Power of certain armed force officers to disperse assembly.- When the public security is manifestly endangered by any such assembly and no Executive Magistrate can be communicated with, any commissioned or gazette officer of the armed forces may disperse such assembly with the help of the armed forces under his command, and may arrest and confine any persons forming part of it, in order to disperse such assembly or that they may be punished according to law, but if, while he is acting under this section, it becomes practicable for him to communicate with an Executive Magistrate, he shall do so, and shall thenceforward obey the instructions of the Magistrate, as to whether he shall or shall not continue such action.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 129. Dispersal of assembly by use of civil force
- 130. Use of armed forces to disperse assembly
- 132. Protection against prosecution for acts done under preceding sections
- 133. Conditional order for removal of nuisance
- 134. Service or notification of order
- 136. Consequences of his failing to do so
- 137. Procedure where existence of public right is denied
- 138. Procedure where he appears to show cause
- 139. Power of Magistrate to furnish written instructions, etc
- 140. Power of the appropriate Government to make rules
- 141. Procedure on order being made absolute and consequences of disobedience
- 142. Injunction pending inquiry
- 143. Magistrate may prohibit repetition or continuance of public nuisance
- 144. Power to issue order in urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger
- 144A. Power to prohibit carrying arms in procession or mass drill or mass training with arms
- 145. Procedure where dispute concerning land or water is likely to cause breach of peace
- 146. Power to attach subject of dispute and to appoint receiver
- 147. Dispute concerning right of use of land or water
- 148. Local inquiry