CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973

Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc (1) In every district (not being a metropolitan area), the High Court shall appoint a Judicial Magistrate of the first class to be the Chief Judicial Magistrate. (2) The High Court may appoint any Judicial Magistrate of the first class to be an Additional Chief Judicial […]

Courts of Judicial Magistrates (1) In every district (not being a metropolitan area), there shall be established as many Courts of Judicial Magistrates of the first class and of the second class, and at such places, as the State Government may, after consultation with the High Court, by notification, specify : Provided that the State Government

Subordination of Assistant Sessions Judges (1) All Assistant Sessions Judges shall be subordinate to the Sessions Judge in whose Court they exercise jurisdiction. (2) The Sessions Judge may, from time to time, make rules consistent with this Code, as to the distribution of business among such Assistant Sessions Judges. (3) The Sessions Judge may also

Court of Session (1) The State Government shall establish a Court of Session for every sessions division. (2) Every Court of Session shall be presided over by a Judge, to be appointed by the High Court. (3) The High Court may also appoint Additional Sessions Judges and Assistant Sessions Judges to exercise jurisdiction in a

Metropolitan areas (1) The State Government may, by notification, declare that, as from such date as may be specified in the notification, any area in the State comprising a city or town whose population exceeds one million shall be a metropolitan area for the purposes of this Code. (2) As from the commencement of this

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