The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

§524 — Power to alter functions allocated to Executive Magistrate in certain cases

If the Legislative Assembly of a State by a resolution so permits, the State Government may, after consultation with the High Court, by notification, direct that references in sections 127, 128, 129, 164 and 166 to an Executive Magistrate shall be construed as references to a Judicial Magistrate of the first class.

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Old lawCRPC §478Power to alter functions allocated to Executive Magistrate in certain cases New lawBNSS §524Power to alter functions allocated to Executive Magistrate in certain cases

CRPC §478 → BNSS §524 per the official NCRB Sankalan table.

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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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