BNSS · Section 15 · Chapter II — CONSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES

Special Executive Magistrates.

What this section does

The State Government may appoint Special Executive Magistrates for particular areas or functions, for such term as it thinks fit. Such appointments may be made from Executive Magistrates or from police officers not below the rank of Superintendent of Police or equivalent, and they may be conferred such powers as are conferrable on Executive Magistrates under the Sanhita.

AI-generated plain-language summary. For the binding statutory text, see India Code (official).

Procedure at a glance

Key actors: State Government · Special Executive Magistrate · Superintendent of Police

Old-law correspondence

Derived from CrPC s.21.

Read the official text

For the binding statutory text of BNSS Section 15, refer to the Gazette of India or the India Code official website.

Why this matters

BNSS Section 15 forms part of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita which replaced the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 on 1 July 2024. Any new filing, FIR, charge sheet, or bail application made on or after that date should cite the new section number. References to the old act in legacy documents remain valid for matters that arose before the changeover.