CrPC § 21 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 21 CrPC — Special Executive Magistrates
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 15 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 15 — Special Executive Magistrates
The State Government may appoint, for such term as it may think fit, Executive Magistrates or any police officer not below the rank of Superintendent of Police or equivalent, to be known as Special Executive Magistrates, for particular areas or for the performance of particular functions and confer on such Special Executive Magistrates such of the powers as are conferrable under this Sanhita on Executive Magistrates, as it may deem fit.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 15 in full