CrPC Section 33: Powers of officers appointed
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Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
33. Powers of officers appointed .- 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 Code 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.
Bare act text for reference, current to 30 June 2024. It is not legal advice; check the official gazette for authoritative text.
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
- 32. Mode of conferring powers
- 34. Withdrawal of powers
- 35. Powers of Judges and Magistrates exercisable by their successors-in-office