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CHAPTER XIV CONDITIONS REQUISITE FOR INITIATION OF PROCEEDINGS

Section 193: Cognizance of offences by Courts of Session

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Code or by any other law for the time being in force, no Court of Session shall take cognizance of any offence as a Court of original jurisdiction unless the case has been committed to it by a Magistrate under this Code.

Now in the BNSS

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

193. Cognizance of offences by Court of Session.BNSS 213

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  1. 1. Under Section 213 of the BNSS, except as otherwise expressly provided by the Sanhita or by any other law, a Court of Session shall not take cognizance of any offence as a Court of original jurisdiction unless:

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