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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 authorizes a first-class Magistrate to…

Section 100 gives this power to a District Magistrate, Sub-divisional Magistrate or first-class Magistrate. If found under the warrant, the confined person is immediately…

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 authorizes a first-class Magistrate to issue a search warrant on reason to believe that a person’s confinement amounts to an offence?

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Section 100 gives this power to a District Magistrate, Sub-divisional Magistrate or first-class Magistrate.

If found under the warrant, the confined person is immediately taken before a Magistrate for an appropriate order.

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Option A

Section 100 authorizes the search warrant for a person whose confinement amounts to an offence.

Option B

Section 101 deals with restoration of an abducted or unlawfully detained woman or female child for an unlawful purpose.

Option C

Section 102 applies specified directions concerning warrants and their execution to search warrants.

Option D

Section 103 governs access and procedure when a closed place is to be searched.

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