Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Section 465: Who may issue warrant

Chapter XXXIV — Execution, Suspension, Remission and Commutation of Sentences

465. Every warrant for the execution of a sentence may be issued either by the Judge or Magistrate who passed the sentence, or by his successor-in-office.

Source: official text of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Ministry of Home Affairs).