The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
§108 — Magistrate may direct search in his presence
Any Magistrate may direct a search to be made in his presence of any place for the search of which he is competent to issue a search-warrant.
Old law ⇄ new law
Renumberedold law ⇄ new law
Old lawCRPC §103Magistrate may direct search in his presenceNew lawBNSS §108Magistrate may direct search in his presence
CRPC §103 → BNSS §108 per the official NCRB Sankalan table.
Source & version
Official text: Gazette of India via MHA (official) ↗
Official Gazette text: The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023), English PDF as hosted by Ministry of Home Affairs (mha.gov.in, file 250884_2_english_01042024.pdf). Extracted via pdftotext 26.07 -bbox and @nexlex/ingest gazette-bbox parser on 2026-07-14. Automated parse; structural validation + spot verification; full clause-level proofread pending.
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