Under the Prevention of Black-marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980,…
Section 4 of the Act allows a detention order to be executed at any place in India in the manner provided for executing warrants of arrest under the criminal procedure code.…
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Under the Prevention of Black-marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980, a detention order may be executed at any place in India in the manner provided for the execution of warrants of arrest under the:
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Correct answer C
Section 4 of the Act allows a detention order to be executed at any place in India in the manner provided for executing warrants of arrest under the criminal procedure code. The Code named in the text (the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973) has been repealed and re-enacted by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (s.531), so under s.8 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 the reference is now to the BNSS provisions on warrants of arrest (ss.72-83; s.79 allows a warrant of arrest to be executed at any place in India). The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita defines offences and punishments, the Code of Civil Procedure governs civil proceedings and the Essential Commodities Act regulates supply and distribution; none of them prescribes how arrest warrants are executed.