LawpatraLawpatra.ai

Lawpatra is an AI-powered legal education platform designed to help aspirants crack premier law entrance and judiciary examinations. With adaptive mock tests, precision analytics, and 24/7 personalized AI tutoring, we provide a comprehensive ecosystem for your entire legal career journey.

Test series on the goGoogle Play

Explore

  • Prepare for our exams
  • Bare Acts
  • Blog
  • Download resources

Company

  • About
  • Careers
  • Contact us

Legal

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
  • Account deletion

Product

  • AI Tutor
  • Features
  • How it works

Law Entrances

  • CLAT
  • CLAT PG
  • AILET
  • SLAT
  • MH CET Law

Judiciary

  • MPSC Civil Judge
  • Chhattisgarh Judiciary
  • OPSC Civil Judge
  • Gujarat Judiciary
  • Delhi Judicial Services
  • UP PCS-J
  • Rajasthan Judiciary Service

APO/ADPO

  • Bihar APO
  • Delhi APP
  • Haryana ADA
  • Madhya Pradesh ADPO
  • Rajasthan APO
  • Uttar Pradesh APO
  • Uttarakhand APO

Bare Acts

  • BNS
  • BNSS
  • BSA
  • IPC
  • CrPC
  • IEA
  • HMA
  • IDA
  • MVA

© 2026 Blingwork Technologies Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved.

Offices: Hyderabad & Jodhpur

LawpatraLawpatra
CrPC, 1973
Start Practicing
CrPCChapter IIISection 33
Section33

Powers of officers appointed

AI Assist

Summary

An officer who already holds powers under this Code for a particular local area will, on being appointed to an equal or higher post of the same kind in a like local area under the same State Government, continue to exercise those powers unless the High Court or the State Government directs otherwise. In short, a transfer or promotion within the same area does not automatically remove previously granted powers.

Example

Priya had been given CrPC powers for her district while serving as an assistant magistrate. When she is promoted to a higher but similar post in the same district under the same State Government, she will continue to exercise those powers unless the High Court or State Government orders otherwise.

Bare Act

Enacted text

Whenever any person holding an office in the service of Government who has been invested by the High Court or the State Government with any powers under this Code throughout any local area is appointed to an equal or higher office of the same nature, within a like local area under the same State Government, he shall, unless the High Court or the State Government, as the case may be, otherwise directs, or has otherwise directed, exercise the same powers in the local area in which he is so appointed.

Keep going
Newsletter

Join the top 1% of law aspirants

Get weekly high-yield legal updates, landmark judgment breakdowns, and smart prep strategies sent straight to your inbox.

We never share your email.

Previous year papers

Pick your exam. we'll email the most recent paper.

Download previous year papers

For

We'll never share your email. Promise.

III

Chapter III

Power Of Courts

In this chapter

  • 26Courts by which offences are triable
  • 27Jurisdiction in the case of juveniles
  • 28Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass
  • 29Sentences which Magistrates may pass
  • 30Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine
  • 31Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial
  • 32Mode of conferring powers
  • 33Powers of officers appointed
  • 34Withdrawal of powers
  • 35Powers of Judges and Magistrates exercisable by their successors-in-office
Previous · Section 32Mode of conferring powersNext · Section 34Withdrawal of powers