Section 23: Sentences which Magistrates may pass.

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023Central Act · Act 46 of 2023

(1) The Court of a Chief Judicial Magistrate may pass any sentence authorised by law except a sentence of death or of imprisonment for life or of imprisonment for a term exceeding seven years.

(2) The Court of a Magistrate of the first class may pass a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or of fine not exceeding fifty thousand rupees, or of both, or of community service.

(3) The Court of Magistrate of the second class may pass a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or of fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees, or of both, or of community service.

Explanation.---"Community service" shall mean the work which the Court may order a convict to perform as a form of punishment that benefits the community, for which he shall not be entitled to any remuneration.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section	23
Marginal note	Sentences which Magistrates may pass.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	1

Judgments that turned on this provision

/6878/2025 of VINOD KUMAR SHUKLA Vs STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO.Allahabad High Court · 2025-12-12

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