Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
(BNSS)
Chapter 11: MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ORDER AND TRANQUILLITY
Section: 162
162. A District Magistrate or Sub-divisional Magistrate, or any other Executive Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner of Police empowered by the State Government or the District Magistrate in this behalf, may order any person not to repeat or continue a public nuisance, as defined in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, or any special or local law.