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

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023Central Act · Act 46 of 2023

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.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section	451
Marginal note	Making over or withdrawal of cases by Executive Magistrates.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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