CrPC Section 152: Prevention of injury to public property
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 11: Preventive action of the police
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
152. Prevention of injury to public property.- A police officer may of his own authority interpose to prevent any injury attempted to be committed in his view to any public property, movable or immovable, or the removal or injury of any public landmark or buoy or other mark used for navigation.
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