CrPC Section 412: Reasons to be recorded
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 31: Transfer of criminal cases
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
¶ 412. Reasons to be recorded .- A Sessions Judge or Magistrate making an order under section 408, section 409, section 410 or section 411 shall record his reasons for making it.
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Now BNSS 452 (corresponding section). CrPC → BNSS converterSource: BPR&D BNSS–CrPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-07-03), p22
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Other sections in this chapter
- 406. Power of Supreme Court to transfer cases and appeals
- 407. Power of High Court to transfer cases and appeals
- 408. Power of Sessions Judge to transfer cases and appeals
- 409. Withdrawal of cases and appeals by Sessions Judges
- 410. Withdrawal of cases by Judicial Magistrates
- 411. Making over or withdrawal of cases by Executive Magistrates