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CHAPTER I – PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, extent and commencement. (1) This Act may be called the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (2) The provisionsRead More →

2. Definitions. (1) In this Sanhita, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “audio-video electronic means” shall include use of any communication device for the purposesRead More →

3. Construction of references. (1) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in any law, to a Magistrate without any qualifying words, Magistrate of theRead More →

4. Trial of offences under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and other laws. (1) All offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 shall be investigated, inquiredRead More →

5. Saving. Nothing contained in this Sanhita shall, in the absence of a specific provision to the contrary, affect any special or local law forRead More →

CHAPTER II – CONSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES 6. Classes of Criminal Courts. Besides the High Courts and the Courts constituted under any law,Read More →

7. Territorial divisions. (1) Every State shall be a sessions division or shall consist of sessions divisions; and every sessions divisions shall, for the purposesRead More →

8. Court of Session. (1) The State Government shall establish a Court of Session for every sessions division. (2) Every Court of Session shall beRead More →

9. Courts of Judicial Magistrates. (1) In every district there shall be established as many Courts of Judicial Magistrates of the first class and ofRead More →

10. Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc. (1) In every district, the High Court shall appoint a Judicial Magistrate of the firstRead More →

11. Special Judicial Magistrates. (1) The High Court may, if requested by the Central or State Government so to do, confer upon any person whoRead More →

12. Local Jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates. (1) Subject to the control of the High Court, the Chief Judicial Magistrate may, from time to time, defineRead More →

13. Subordination of Judicial Magistrates. (1) Every Chief Judicial Magistrate shall be subordinate to the Sessions Judge; and every other Judicial Magistrate shall, subject toRead More →

14. Executive Magistrates. (1) In every district, the State Government may appoint as many persons as it thinks fit to be Executive Magistrates and shallRead More →

15. Special Executive Magistrates. The State Government may appoint, for such term as it may think fit, Executive Magistrates or any police officer not belowRead More →