Section 6: Classes of Criminal Courts

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973Central Act · 1973

Repealed. This text is published for reference. It is not in force, and it should not be relied on as current law without checking what replaced it. Repealed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, with effect from 1 July 2024

Besides the High Courts and the Courts constituted under any law, other than this Code, there shall be, in every State, the following classes of Criminal Courts, namely:--

(i) Courts of Session;

(ii) Judicial Magistrates of the first class and, in any metropolitan area, Metropolitan Magistrates;

(iii) Judicial Magistrates of the second class; and

(iv) Executive Magistrates.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section	6
Marginal note	Classes of Criminal Courts
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	Repealed
Judgments citing it	1

Judgments that turned on this provision

COCP/2441/2020 of COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION Vs RAJIV RATTANHigh Court of Punjab and Haryana · 2025-11-14

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