Section 42 of THE BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023 – BNSS

Protection of members of Armed Forces from arrest.

42. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 35 and sections 39 to 41 (both
    inclusive), no member of the Armed Forces of the Union shall be arrested for anything done
    or purported to be done by him in the discharge of his official duties except after obtaining
    the consent of the Central Government.
    (2) The State Government may, by notification, direct that the provisions of
    sub-section (1) shall apply to such class or category of the members of the Force charged
    with the maintenance of public order as may be specified therein, wherever they may be
    serving, and thereupon the provisions of that sub-section shall apply as if for the expression
    “Central Government” occurring therein, the expression “State Government” were
    substituted.

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