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CrPC Section 190: Cognizance of offences by Magistrates

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 14: Conditions requisite for Initiation of proceedings

Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).

190. Cognizance of offences by Magistrates.- (1) Subject to the provisions of this Chapter, any Magistrate of the first class, and any Magistrate of the second class specially empowered in this behalf under sub-section (2 ), may take cognizance of any offence-


(a) upon receiving a complaint of facts which constitute such offence;

(b) upon a police report of such facts;

(c) upon information received from any person other than a police officer, or upon hi s own knowledge, that such offence has been committed.

(2) The Chief Judicial Magistrate may empower any Magistrate of the second class to take cognizance under sub-section (1 ) of such offences as are within his competence to inquire into or try.

STATE AMENDMENT

Punjab and Union Territory of Chandigarh:

After section 190 insert the following section, namely:-

" 190 A. Cognizance of offences by Executive Magistrate.-Subject to the provisions of this Chapter any Executive Magistrate may take cognizance of any specified offence-

(a) upon receiving a complaint of facts which constitute such offence;

(b) upon a police report of such facts:

(c) upon information received from any person other than a police officer, or upon hi s own knowledge, that such offence has been committed."

[Vide Punjab Act 2 2 of 1983 (w.e.f. 27-6-1983)]

Study: explanations and related material

Now BNSS 210 (corresponding section). CrPC → BNSS converterSource: BPR&D BNSS–CrPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-07-03), p11

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