SECTION 21 BNSS – Courts by which offences are triable Subject to the other provisions of this Sanhita,- (a) any offence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 may be tried by- (i) the High Court; or (ii) the Court of Session; or (iii) any other…
SECTION 20 BNSS – Directorate of Prosecution (1) The State Government may establish,- (a) a Directorate of Prosecution in the State consisting of a Director of Prosecution and as many Deputy Directors of Prosecution as it thinks fit; and (b) a District Directorate of Prosecution…
SECTION 19 BNSS – Assistant Public Prosecutors (1) The State Government shall appoint in every district one or more Assistant Public Prosecutors for conducting prosecutions in the Courts of Magistrates. (2) The Central Government may appoint one or more Assistant Public Prosecutors for the purpose…
SECTION 18 BNSS – Public Prosecutors (1) For every High Court, the Central Government or the State Government shall, after consultation with the High Court, appoint a Public Prosecutor and may also appoint one or more Additional Public Prosecutors, for conducting in such Court, any…
SECTION 17 BNSS – Subordination of Executive Magistrates (1) All Executive Magistrates shall be subordinate to the District Magistrate, and every Executive Magistrate (other than the Sub-divisional Magistrate) exercising powers in a sub-division shall also be subordinate to the Sub-divisional Magistrate, subject, to the general…
SECTION 16 BNSS – Local Jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates (1) Subject to the control of the State Government, the District Magistrate may, from time to time, define the local limits of the areas within which the Executive Magistrates may exercise all or any of the…
SECTION 15 BNSS – Special Executive Magistrates The State Government may appoint, for such term as it may think fit, Executive Magistrates or any police officer not below the rank of Superintendent of Police or equivalent, to be known as Special Executive Magistrates, for particular…
SECTION 14 BNSS – Executive Magistrates (1) In every district, the State Government may appoint as many persons as it thinks fit to be Executive Magistrates and shall appoint one of them to be the District Magistrate. (2) The State Government may appoint any Executive…
SECTION 13 BNSS – Subordination of Judicial Magistrates (1) Every Chief Judicial Magistrate shall be subordinate to the Sessions Judge; and every other Judicial Magistrate shall, subject to the general control of the Sessions Judge, be subordinate to the Chief Judicial Magistrate. (2) The Chief…
SECTION 12 BNSS – Local Jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates (1) Subject to the control of the High Court, the Chief Judicial Magistrate may, from time to time, define the local limits of the areas within which the Magistrates appointed under section 9 or under section…