27. 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 Sanhita 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.
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 21 Courts by which offences are triable
Section 22 Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass
Section 23 Sentences which Magistrates may pass
Section 24 Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine
Section 25 Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial
Section 26 Mode of conferring powers
Section 27 Powers of officers appointed
Section 28 Withdrawal of powers
Section 29 Powers of Judges and Magistrates exercisable by their successors-inoffice