BNSS §14
Executive Magistrates. 1]
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20. Executive Magistrates.—(1) In every district and in every metropolitan area, the State Government may appoint as many persons as it thinks fit to be Executive Magistrates and shall appoint one of them to be the District Magistrate.
(2) The State Government may appoint any Executive Magistrate to be an Additional District Magistrate, and such Magistrate shall have 1[such] of the powers of a District Magistrate under this Code or under any other law for the time being in force 2[as may be directed by the State Government].
(3) Whenever, in consequence of the office of a District Magistrate becoming vacant, any officer succeeds temporarily to the executive administration of the district, such officer shall, pending the orders of the State Government, exercise all the powers and perform all the duties respectively conferred and imposed by this Code on the District Magistrate.
(4) The State Government may place an Executive Magistrate in charge of a sub-division and may relieve him of the charge as occasion requires; and the Magistrate so placed in charge of a sub-division shall be called the Sub-divisional Magistrate. 3[(4A) The State Government may, by general or special order and subject to such control and directions as it may deem fit to impose, delegate its powers under sub-section
(4) to the District Magistrate.]
(5) Nothing in this section shall preclude the State Government from conferring, under any law for the time being in force, on a Commissioner of Police, all or any of the powers of an Executive Magistrate in relation to a metropolitan area.
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(1) In every district, the State Government may appoint as many persons as it thinks fit to be Executive Magistrates and shall appoint one of them to be the District Magistrate.
(2) The State Government may appoint any Executive Magistrate to be an Additional District Magistrate, and such Magistrate shall have such of the powers of a District Magistrate under this Sanhita or under any other law for the time being in force as may be directed by the State Government.
(3) Whenever, in consequence of the office of a District Magistrate becoming vacant, any officer succeeds temporarily to the executive administration of the district, such officer shall, pending the orders of the State Government, exercise all the powers and perform all the duties respectively conferred and imposed by this Sanhita on the District Magistrate.
(4) The State Government may place an Executive Magistrate in charge of a sub-division and may relieve him of the charge as occasion requires; and the Magistrate so placed in charge of a sub-division shall be called the Sub-divisional Magistrate.
(5) The State Government may, by general or special order and subject to such control and directions as it may deem fit to impose, delegate its powers under sub-section
(4) to the District Magistrate. Special Judicial Magistrates. Local Jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates. Subordination of Judicial
(6) Nothing in this section shall preclude the State Government from conferring, under any law for the time being in force, on a Commissioner of Police all or any of the powers of an Executive Magistrate.
What changedAI-inferred
Executive Magistrates.
Old position
CrPC 20 is concerned with Executive Magistrates. Executive Magistrates
New position
BNSS 14 preserves the framework with drafting modernisations as required by the new code. Topic: Executive Magistrates. 1]. In every district, the State Government may appoint as many persons as it thinks fit to be Executive Magistrates and shall appoint one of them to be the District Magistrate
BNSS 14 (Executive Magistrates. 1]) preserves the framework of CrPC 20. BNSS 14 retains the operative provisions in substantively the same form, with drafting modernisation and structural updates as required by the new code. BNSS 14 text: In every district, the State Government may appoint as...
Editorial deltaAI-indicated (source-linked)
BNSS 14 (Executive Magistrates. 1]) preserves the framework of CrPC 20. BNSS 14 retains the operative provisions in substantively the same form, with drafting modernisation and structural updates as required by the new code.
BNSS 14 text: In every district, the State Government may appoint as many persons as it thinks fit to be Executive Magistrates and shall appoint one of them to be the District Magistrate.(2) The State Government may appoint any Executive Magistrate to be an Additional District Magistrate, and such Magistrate shall have such of the...
Transitional note (repeal & savings)
For matters initiated before 1 July 2024, CrPC 20 continues to apply. For matters from that date forward, BNSS 14 applies. The transition is governed by the repeal-and-savings clause in the new code (BNS 358 / BNSS 531 / BSA 170 as the case may be); pending proceedings under the old code carry forward unaffected.
Frequently asked
BNSS 14 (Executive Magistrates. 1]). The relationship is classified as substantively_same — see the change-note above for the textual delta.
Sources
- India Code — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Gazette of India — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
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Newlaws.in, CRPC §20 → BNSS §14 Mapping Page, last updated 2026-05-01, accessed 2026-06-14, https://newlaws.in/bnss/14.
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