CrPC 192 vs BNSS 212: Making over of cases to Magistrates

Section 192 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is now section 212 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, in force from 1 July 2024. 43% of the old wording is kept; 114 words removed and nothing added.

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CrPC section 192Making over of cases to Magistrates

(1) Any Chief Judicial Magistrate may, after taking cognizance of an offence, make over the case for inquiry or trial to any competent Magistrate subordinate to him. (2) Any Magistrate of the first class empowered in this behalf by the Chief Judicial Magistrate may, after taking cognizance of an offence, make over the case for inquiry or trial to such other competent Magistrate as the Chief Judicial Magistrate may, by general or special order, specify, and thereupon such Magistrate may hold the inquiry or trial. State Amendment Assam In Section 192 of the Code:— (i) in sub-section (1), after the word “Any” the words “District Magistrate” shall be inserted; (ii) sub-section (2) shall be substituted as follows:— (2) Any Sub-divisional Magistrate or Magistrate of the first class empowered in this behalf by District Magistrate or Chief Judicial Magistrate, as the case may be, may, after taking cognizance of an offence, make over the case for enquiry or trial to such other competent Magistrate as the District Magistrate or Chief Judicial Magistrate may, by general or special order, specify, and thereupon such Magistrate may hold the enquiry or trail. Vide Assam Act 3 of 1984, s. 3(3) and the Schedule.

BNSS section 212Making over of cases to Magistrates

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