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CrPC Section 400: Power of Additional Sessions Judge

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 30: Reference and Revision

Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).

400. Power of Additional Sessions Judge.- An Additional Sessions Judge shall have and may exercise all the powers of a Sessions Judge under this Chapter in respect of any case which may be transferred to him by or under any general or special order of the Sessions Judge.

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Now BNSS 441 (corresponding section). CrPC → BNSS converterSource: BPR&D BNSS–CrPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-07-03), p22

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