CrPC Section 32: Mode of conferring powers
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 3: Power of courts
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
¶ 32. Mode of conferring powers .- (1) In conferring powers under this Code, the High Courts or the State Government, as the case may be, may, by order, empower persons specially by name or in virtue of their offices or classes of officials generally by their official titles.
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(2) Every such order shall take effect from the date on which it is communicated to the person so empowered.
Study: explanations and related material
Now BNSS 26 (corresponding section). CrPC → BNSS converterSource: BPR&D BNSS–CrPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-07-03), p2
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Other sections in this chapter
- 26. Courts by which offences are triable
- 27. Jurisdiction in the case of juveniles
- 28. Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass
- 29. Sentences which Magistrates may pass
- 30. Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine
- 31. Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial
- 33. Powers of officers appointed
- 34. Withdrawal of powers
- 35. Powers of Judges and Magistrates exercisable by their successors-in-office