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CrPC Section 6 in BNSS: Section 6

Classes of Criminal Courts

Section 6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Classes of Criminal Courts) corresponds to Section 6 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.

Text of BNSS Section 6

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

(i) Courts of Session;

(ii) Judicial Magistrates of the first class;

(iii) Judicial Magistrates of the second class; and (iv) Executive Magistrates.

Territorial divisions.

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