India, June 29 -- Lieutenant governor (LG) Taranjit Singh Sandhu has approved executive magistrate powers for key administrative and revenue officials in the city, the LG's secretariat said in a statement on Sunday.

According to the statement, deputy commissioners/district magistrates (DMs), additional district magistrates (ADMs), revenue assistants, tehsildars and consolidation officers will be vested with executive magistrate powers within their respective restructured jurisdictions.

"The appointment is being executed under Section 14 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) 2023, which replaced the erstwhile Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). The section empowers the state government to appoint executive magistrates, designate...