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BNSS Section 451: Making over or withdrawal of cases by Executive Magistrates

Section 451 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with making over or withdrawal of cases by Executive Magistrates. It replaces CrPC 411 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

Text of BNSS Section 451

451. 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.

Reasons to be recorded.

CrPC sections replaced

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