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CHAPTER II CONSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES

Section 6: Classes of Criminal Courts

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

Besides the High Courts and the Courts constituted under any law, other than this Code, there shall be, in every State, the following classes of Criminal Courts, namely:—

(i) Courts of Session;

(ii) Judicial Magistrates of the first class and, in any metropolitan area, Metropolitan Magistrates;

(iii) Judicial Magistrates of the second class; and

(iv) Executive Magistrates.

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

6. Classes of Criminal Courts.BNSS 6

Questions on this section

1 question in 8 of our papers cite Section 6. Try these from the free papers:

  1. 1. Besides the High Courts and the Courts constituted under any other law, which of the following is NOT a class of Criminal Courts listed in Section 6 of the BNSS?

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