CrPC Section 265: Language of record and judgment

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 21: Summary Trails

Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).

265. Language of record and judgment.- (1) Every such record and judgment shall be written in the language of the Court.


(2) The High Court may authorise any Magistrate empowered to try offences summarily to prepare the aforesaid record or judgment or both by means of an officer appointed in this behalf by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, and the record or judgment so prepared shall be signed by such Magistrate.

Bare act text for reference, current to 30 June 2024. It is not legal advice; check the official gazette for authoritative text.

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