CrPC: Chapter 3: Power of courts

Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).

1. Section 26. Courts by which offences are triable
2. Section 27. Jurisdiction in the case of juveniles
3. Section 28. Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass
4. Section 29. Sentences which Magistrates may pass
5. Section 30. Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine
6. Section 31. Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial
7. Section 32. Mode of conferring powers
8. Section 33. Powers of officers appointed
9. Section 34. Withdrawal of powers
10. Section 35. Powers of Judges and Magistrates exercisable by their successors-in-office

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