CHAPTER XXIV GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO INQUIRIES AND TRIALS

Section 323: Procedure when, after commencement of inquiry or trial, Magistrate finds case should be committed

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

If, in any inquiry into an offence or a trial before a Magistrate, it appears to him at any stage of the proceedings before signing the judgment that the case is one which ought to be tried by the Court of Session, he shall commit it to that Court under the provisions hereinbefore contained ¹[and thereupon the provisions of Chapter XVIII shall apply to the commitment so made].

Footnotes in the official text

1.Ins. by Act 45 of 1978, s. 26 (w.e.f. 18-12-1978).

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

323. Procedure when after commencement of inquiry or trial, Magistrate finds case should be committed.

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