Irregularities which vitiate proceedings.
What this section does
Proceedings by a Magistrate not empowered by law to perform certain specified acts—such as attaching and selling property, issuing search warrants for postal articles, demanding security, making maintenance orders, trying offenders, passing sentences on another Magistrate's record, deciding appeals, or revising orders—shall be void. Unlike section 506, these irregularities are not curable.
AI-generated plain-language summary. For the binding statutory text, see India Code (official).
Procedure at a glance
- Key actors
- Magistrate
Derived from CrPC s.461.
Read the official text
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Why this matters
BNSS Section 507 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.