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The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Making over or withdrawal of cases by Executive Magistrates

In force From 01 Jul 2024 Act 46 of 2023 As on 16 Oct 2026

Act 46 of 2023 Ministry Home Affairs Enacted 25 Dec 2023 In force 01 Jul 2024 Cited by 1 provision

Section 451 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with making over or withdrawal of cases by Executive Magistrates. Any District Magistrate or Sub-divisional Magistrate may--- (a) make over, for disposal, any proceeding which has been started before him, to any Magistrate subordinate to him; The Act came into force on 01 Jul 2024.

Any District Magistrate or Sub-divisional Magistrate may---

(a) make over, for disposal, any proceeding which has been started before him, to any Magistrate subordinate to him;

(b) withdraw any case from, or recall any case which he has made over to, any Magistrate subordinate to him, and dispose of such proceeding himself or refer it for disposal to any other Magistrate.

Section 451, The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act 46 of 2023).

Replaces a provision of the Code of Criminal Procedure

CRPC 411 Making over or withdrawal of cases by Excutive Magistrates Text carried over almost unchanged 92%

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Referred to by 1

  1. s. 452 Reasons to be recorded

Questions about Section 451

What does Section 451 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita deal with?

Section 451 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita is headed "Making over or withdrawal of cases by Executive Magistrates". Any District Magistrate or Sub-divisional Magistrate may--- (a) make over, for disposal, any proceeding which has been started before him, to any Magistrate subordinate to him;

How do I find court cases under Section 451 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita?

In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: BNSS 451, section 451 BNSS, section 451 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. People searching for it also type 451 bnss in crpc and 451 bnss act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.

What should I read with Section 451 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and has it changed?

1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it. It carries forward CrPC 411 (Making over or withdrawal of cases by Excutive Magistrates), so the judgments decided under that provision are the case law on this one.

When did Section 451 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita come into force?

Section 451 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, cited as BNSS 451, came into force on 01 Jul 2024, having been enacted on 25 Dec 2023. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.

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