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Under section 161 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, what may a Magistrate issue to…

Section 161 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 allows a Magistrate who has made an order under section 152 to issue an injunction needed to prevent imminent…

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Under section 161 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, what may a Magistrate issue to prevent imminent danger or serious injury to the public pending determination of a public-nuisance matter?

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Section 161 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 allows a Magistrate who has made an order under section 152 to issue an injunction needed to prevent imminent danger or serious injury to the public while the matter is determined. A local investigation is a distinct power under section 158; a property-forfeiture notice does not answer this provision.

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Option A

Section 161 authorises an injunction necessary to prevent the imminent public danger or serious injury pending determination.

Option B

A show-cause process is not the interim protective injunction authorised by section 161.

Option C

Section 161 concerns preventing public danger during inquiry, not forfeiture of property.

Option D

Local investigation under section 158 is a distinct inquiry power, not the injunction power tested here.

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