Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
BNSS 162 was CrPC 143.
Magistrate may prohibit repetition or Continuance of public nuisance. · The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below.
Modified
78% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. X
s. 143
Magistrate may prohibit repetition or continuance of public nuisance
A District Magistrate or Sub-divisional Magistrate, or any other Executive Magistrate empowered by the State Government or the District Magistrate in this behalf, may order any person not to repeat or continue a public nuisance, as defined in the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), or any special or local law. C.—Urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XI
s. 162
Magistrate may prohibit repetition or Continuance of public nuisance.
A District Magistrate or Sub-divisional Magistrate, or any other Executive Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner of Police empowered by the State Government or the District Magistrate in this behalf, may order any person not to repeat or continue a public nuisance, as defined in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, or any special or local law.
Text from India Code