Section 524: Power to alter functions allocated to Executive Magistrate in certain cases

Corresponding CrPC provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

Questions on this section

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1. 1. Under Section 524 of the BNSS, if the Legislative Assembly of a State by resolution so permits, the State Government may, after consultation with the High Court, direct that references to an Executive Magistrate in certain sections shall be construed as references to a Judicial Magistrate of the first class. Which of the following sections is among them?

   A.Section 148 (dispersal of assembly by use of civil force on a Magistrate's command)B.Section 163 (power to issue order in urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger)C.Section 164 (dispute as to immovable property likely to cause a breach of the peace)D.Section 152 (conditional order for removal of a public nuisance by the Magistrate)
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