Section 30 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with powers of superior officers of police. It replaces CrPC 36 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
30. Police officers superior in rank to an officer in charge of a police station may exercise the same powers, throughout the local area to which they are appointed, as may be exercised by such officer within the limits of his station.
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