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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Repealed w.e.f. 1 July 2024

Section 130 CrPC - Use of armed forces to Disperse assembly

Section 130 CrPC is now Section 149 of the BNSS - the BNSS replaced the CrPC on 1 July 2024.
Act
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section
130 - Use of armed forces to Disperse assembly
New provision
Section 149 BNSS

CrPC → BNSS: what changed

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Section 149 BNSS Modified In subsection (1) , the wo rds "any such assembly" are replaced by "any assembly referred to in sub - section (1) of section 148," and "Executive Magistrate of the highest rank" is replaced by "District Magistrate or any other Executive Magistrate authorised by him" . I n Subsection 2, "Magistrate" is replaced by "Executive Magistrate" .

Section 130 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 deals with use of armed forces to Disperse assembly. Under the new law this is Section 149 of the BNSS.

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