Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 26

BNSS 26: earlier CrPC 32

Section 26 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 32 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 26 deals with mode of conferring powers. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024. Both texts are set out below, side by side, with the changed words marked.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

BNSS 26 was CrPC 32.

Mode of conferring powers.

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. III
s. 32
Mode of conferring powers
(1) In conferring powers under this Code, the High Court 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 be their official titles.
(2) Every such order shall take effect from the date on which it is communicated to the person so empowered.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. III
s. 26
Mode of conferring powers.
(1) In conferring powers under this Sanhita, the High Court 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 be their official titles.
(2) Every such order shall take effect from the date on which it is communicated to the person so empowered.
Text from India Code
Related sectionsCrPC 32 · Mode of conferring powers
BNSS 25 · Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial.BNSS 27 · Powers of officers appointed.

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