CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973

Territorial divisions (1) Every State shall be a sessions division or shall consist of sessions divisions; and every sessions division shall, for the purposes of this Code, be a district or consist of districts : Provided that every metropolitan area shall, for the said purposes, be a separate sessions division and district. (2) The State Government […]

Classes of Criminal Courts 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 ;

Saving Nothing contained in this Code shall, in the absence of a specific provision to the contrary, affect any special or local law for the time being in force, or any special jurisdiction or power conferred, or any special form of procedure prescribed, by any other law for the time being in force.

Trial of offences under the Indian Penal Code and other laws (1) All offences under the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) shall be investigated, inquired into, tried, and otherwise dealt with according to the provisions hereinafter contained. (2) All offences under any other law shall be investigated, inquired into, tried, and otherwise dealt with

Construction of references (1) In this Code,— (a)   any reference, without any qualifying words, to a Magistrate, shall be construed, unless the context otherwise requires,— (i)   in relation to an area outside a metropolitan area, as a reference to a Judicial Magistrate ; (ii)   in relation to a metropolitan area, as a

Definitions  In this Code, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a)   “bailable offence” means an offence which is shown as bailable in the First Schedule, or which is made bailable by any other law for the time being in force ; and “non-bailable offence” means any other offence ; (b)   “charge” includes any head

Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. (2) It extends to the whole of India [***]: Provided that the provisions of this Code, other than those relating to Chapters VIII, X and XI thereof, shall not apply— (a)   to the State of Nagaland, (b)