Section 27
Jurisdiction in the case of juveniles.
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Criminal Procedure.
Any offence not punishable with death or imprisonment
for life, committed by any person who at the date when he appears or is brought before the Court is under
the age of sixteen years, may be tried by the Court of a Chief Judicial Magistrate, or by any Court
specially empowered under the Children Act, 1960 (60 of 1960), or any other law for the time being in
force providing for the treatment, training and rehabilitation of youthful offenders.