Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter XI: Maintenance of Public Order and Tranquillity · B.—Public nuisances
Section 162: Magistrate may prohibit repetition or Continuance of public nuisance
In plain words
A District Magistrate, Sub-divisional Magistrate, or an empowered Executive Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner of Police can order a person not to repeat or continue a public nuisance as defined in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 or any special or local law.
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Official text
A District Magistrate or Sub-divisional Magistrate, or any other Executive Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner of Police empowered by the State Government or the District Magistrate in this behalf, may order any person not to repeat or continue a public nuisance, as defined in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, or any special or local law.
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Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 12 September 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 162
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