Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
BNSS 27 was CrPC 33.
Powers of officers appointed.
Carried over
97% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. III
s. 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.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. III
s. 27
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 Sanhita throughout any local area is appointed to an equal or higher office of the samenature, 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.
Text from India Code