CrPC: Chapter 31: Transfer of criminal cases
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
- Section 406. Power of Supreme Court to transfer cases and appeals
- Section 407. Power of High Court to transfer cases and appeals
- Section 408. Power of Sessions Judge to transfer cases and appeals
- Section 409. Withdrawal of cases and appeals by Sessions Judges
- Section 410. Withdrawal of cases by Judicial Magistrates
- Section 411. Making over or withdrawal of cases by Executive Magistrates
- Section 412. Reasons to be recorded
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