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CrPC, 1973
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CrPCChapter XSection 143
Section143

Magistrate may prohibit repetition or continuance of public nuisance

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District or Sub-divisional Magistrates, or any Executive Magistrate empowered by the State or District Magistrate, can order a person to stop and not repeat a public nuisance. It applies where the conduct amounts to a public nuisance under the IPC or any special or local law. The order forbids continuance or repetition of the nuisance and can be followed by further legal steps if the person disobeys.

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Ravi sets up a tea stall that repeatedly blocks a busy pavement and obstructs pedestrians. An empowered Executive Magistrate can order Ravi to stop operating there and not to repeat the public nuisance.

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A District Magistrate or Sub-divisional Magistrate, or any other Executive Magistrate empowered by the Stale Government or the District Magistrate in this behalf, may order any person not to repeat or continue a public nuisance, as defined in the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), or any special or local law.

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Chapter X

Maintenance Of Public Order And Tranquillity

In this chapter

  • 129Dispersal of assembly by use of civil force
  • 130Use of armed forces to disperse assembly
  • 131Power of certain armed force officers to disperse assembly
  • 132Protection against prosecution for acts done under preceding sections
  • 133Conditional order for removal of nuisance
  • 134Service or notification of order
  • 135Person to whom order is addressed to obey or show cause
  • 136Consequences of his failing to do so
  • 137Procedure where existence of public right is denied
  • 138Procedure where he appears to show cause
  • 139Power of Magistrate to direct local investigation and examination of an expert
  • 140Power of Magistrate to furnish written instructions, etc
  • 141Procedure on order being made absolute and consequences of disobedience
  • 142Injunction pending inquiry
  • 143Magistrate may prohibit repetition or continuance of public nuisance
  • 144Power to issue order in urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger
  • 144APower to prohibit carrying arms in procession or mass drill or mass training with arms
  • 145Procedure where dispute concerning land or water is likely to cause breach of peace
  • 146Power to attach subject of dispute and to appoint receiver
  • 147Dispute concerning right of use of land or water
  • 148Local inquiry
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