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Section 162. Magistrate may prohibit repetition or Continuance of public nuisance

BNSS · MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ORDER AND TRANQUILLITY
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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.

C.—Urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger

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