CrPC § 131 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 131 CrPC — Power of certain armed force officers to disperse assembly
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 150 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the CrPC.
The law now: BNSS 150 — Power of certain armed force officers to disperse assembly
When the public security is manifestly endangered by any such assembly and no Executive Magistrate can be communicated with, any commissioned or gazetted officer of the armed forces may disperse such assembly with the help of the armed forces under his command, and may arrest and confine any persons forming part of it, in order to disperse such assembly or that they may be punished according to law; but if, while he is acting under this section, it becomes practicable for him to communicate with an Executive Magistrate, he shall do so, and shall thenceforward obey the instructions of the Magistrate, as to whether he shall or shall not continue such action.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 150 in full