BNSS Section 520: Trials before High Courts
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 39: Miscellaneous
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520. When an offence is tried by the High Court otherwise than under section 447, it shall, in the trial of the offence, observe the same procedure as a Court of Sessions would observe if it were trying the case.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 521. Delivery to commanding officers of persons liable to be tried by Court-martial
- 522. Forms
- 523. Power of High Court to make rules
- 524. Power to alter functions allocated to Executive Magistrate in certain cases
- 525. Cases in which Judge or Magistrate is personally interested
- 526. Practising advocate not to sit as Magistrate in certain Courts
- 527. Public servant concerned in sale not to purchase or bid for property
- 528. Saving of inherent powers of High Court
- 529. Duty of High Court to exercise continuous superintendence over Courts
- 530. Trial and proceedings to be held in electronic mode
- 531. Repeal and savings