BNSS · Section 30 · Chapter IV — POWERS OF SUPERIOR OFFICERS OF POLICE AND AID TO THE MAGISTRATES AND THE POLICE

Powers of superior officers of police.

What this section does

Confers on police officers superior in rank to an officer-in-charge of a police station the same powers that such station officer may exercise, exercisable throughout the local area to which the superior officer is appointed.

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

Procedure at a glance

Key actors: Superior police officer · Officer-in-charge of police station
Time limit: None specified

Old-law correspondence

Derived from CrPC s.36.

Read the official text

For the binding statutory text of BNSS Section 30, refer to the Gazette of India or the India Code official website.

Why this matters

BNSS Section 30 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.