When an Executive Magistrate receives information that there is within his local
jurisdiction a person who\u2014
(a) is by habit a robber, house-breaker, thief, or forger, or
(b) is by habit a receiver of stolen property knowing the same to have been
stolen, or
(c) habitually protects or harbours thieves, or aids in the concealment or disposal
of stolen property, or
(d) habitually commits, or attempts to commit, or abets the commission of, the
offence of kidnapping, abduction, extortion, cheating or mischief, or any offence
punishable under Chapter XII of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, or under
section 176, section 177, section 178 or section 179 of that Sanhita, or
(e) habitually commits, or attempts to commit, or abets the commission of,
offences, involving a breach of the peace, or
(f) habitually commits, or attempts to commit, or abets the commission of\u2014
(i) any offence under one or more of the following Acts, namely:\u2014
(a) the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940;
(b) the Foreigners Act, 1946;
(c) the Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions
Act, 1952;
(d) the Essential Commodities Act, 1955;
(e) the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955;
(f) the Customs Act, 1962;
(g) the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006; or
(ii) any offence punishable under any other law providing for the
prevention of hoarding or profiteering or of adulteration of food or drugs or of
corruption, or
(g) is so desperate and dangerous to render his being at large without security
hazardous to the community,
such Magistrate may, in the manner hereinafter provided, require such person to show
cause why he should not be ordered to execute a bond, with sureties, for his good behaviour
for such period, not exceeding three years, as the Magistrate thinks fit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When an Executive Magistrate receives information that there is within his localjurisdiction a person who\u2014(a) is by habit a robber, house-breaker, thief, or forger, or(b) is by habit a receiver of stolen property knowing the same to have beenstolen, or(c) habitually protects or harbours thieves, or aids in the concealment or disposalof stolen property, or(d) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[125,124,134,132,130,136,137,126,127,123,129,128,133,111,135,112,121,122,113,114,131],"class_list":["post-1475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-bharatiya-nagarik-suraksha-sanhita-bnss","tag-bharatiya-nagarik-suraksha-sanhita-2023","tag-bhartiya-nagrik-suraksha-sanhita","tag-bnss-2024-india","tag-bnss-all-sections","tag-bnss-bare-act","tag-bnss-chapter-wise-sections","tag-bnss-fir-section","tag-bnss-full-form","tag-bnss-pdf-download","tag-bnss-sections-in-hindi","tag-bnss-sections-list","tag-bnss-vs-crpc","tag-crpc-replaced-by-bnss","tag-expert-vakil","tag-expert-vakil-bnss","tag-expertvakil","tag-indian-kanoon","tag-indiankanoon","tag-ishan-tathagat","tag-ishantathagat","tag-new-criminal-law-india"],"yoast_head":"\n