Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter III: Power of Courts
Section 28: Withdrawal of powers
In plain words
The High Court or State Government can withdraw any powers it has given under this Sanhita. Powers given by a Chief Judicial Magistrate or District Magistrate can be withdrawn by that Magistrate.
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Official text
(1) The High Court or the State Government, as the case may be, may withdraw all or any of the powers conferred by it under this Sanhita on any person or by any officer subordinate to it.
(2) Any powers conferred by the Chief Judicial Magistrate or by the District Magistrate may be withdrawn by the respective Magistrate by whom such powers were conferred
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Supreme Court judgments citing the section 28
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