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BNSS Section 27: Powers of officers appointed

Section 27 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with powers of officers appointed. It replaces CrPC 33 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

Text of BNSS Section 27

27. Whenever any person holding an office in the service of Government who has been invested by the High Court or the State Government with any powers under this Sanhita throughout any local area is appointed to an equal or higher office of the same nature, within a like local area under the same State Government, he shall, unless the High Court or the State Government, as the case may be, otherwise directs, or has otherwise directed, exercise the same powers in the local area in which he is so appointed.

Withdrawal of powers.

CrPC sections replaced

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