Section 6

Classes of Criminal Courts.

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

  • Act 46 of 2023
  • Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Department of Internal Security
About this Act

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Criminal Procedure.

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Chapter II: Constitution of criminal courts and offices Sections 6 to 20

    Besides the High Courts and the Courts constituted under any law, other than this Sanhita, there shall be, in every State, the following classes of Criminal Courts, namely:—
    (i) Courts of Session;
    (ii) Judicial Magistrates of the first class;
    (iii) Judicial Magistrates of the second class; and
    (iv) Executive Magistrates.

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