Magistrate may prohibit repetition or Continuance of public nuisance.
What this section does
A District Magistrate, Sub-divisional Magistrate, any other Executive Magistrate, or a Deputy Commissioner of Police empowered by the State Government or District Magistrate 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. The power is preventive and directed at stopping the continuation or repetition of a nuisance already established.
AI-generated plain-language summary. For the binding statutory text, see India Code (official).
Procedure at a glance
- Key actors
- District Magistrate · Sub-divisional Magistrate · Executive Magistrate · Deputy Commissioner of Police
- Time limit
- None specified
Derived from CrPC s.143.
Read the official text
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Why this matters
BNSS Section 162 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.