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Under section 210(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, who may empower a second-class…

Section 210(2) identifies the Chief Judicial Magistrate as the empowering authority. The empowerment is limited to offences the second-class Magistrate is competent to…

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Under section 210(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, who may empower a second-class Magistrate to take cognizance of offences that Magistrate is competent to inquire into or try?

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Section 210(2) identifies the Chief Judicial Magistrate as the empowering authority. The empowerment is limited to offences the second-class Magistrate is competent to inquire into or try.

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Option A

Section 210(2) confers this power on the Chief Judicial Magistrate.

Option B

A Sessions Judge's general supervisory role does not confer the power under section 210(2).

Option C

Section 210(2) does not confer this local empowerment function on the Chief Justice of India.

Option D

Section 210(2) gives the Chief Judicial Magistrate this power for offences within the Magistrate's inquiry or trial competence.

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