30. Police officers superior in rank to an officer in charge of a police station may exercise the same powers, throughout the local area to which they are appointed, as may be exercised by such officer within the limits of his station.
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