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

19. Subordination of Metropolitan Magistrates. (1) The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate and every Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate shall be subordinate to the Sessions Judge, and everyRead More →

20. Executive Magistrates. (1) In every district and in every metropolitan area The State Government may appoint as many persons as it thinks fit toRead More →

21. Special Executive Magistrates. The State Government may appoint, for such term as it may think fit, Executive Magistrates, to be known as Special ExecutiveRead More →

22. Local Jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates. (1) Subject to the control of the State Government, the District Magistrate may, from time to time, define theRead More →

23. Subordination of Executive Magistrates. (1) All Executive Magistrates, other than the Additional District Magistrate, shall be subordinate to the District Magistrate, and every ExecutiveRead More →

24. Public Prosecutors. (1) For every High Court, the Central Government or the State Government shall, after consultation with the High Court, appoint a PublicRead More →

25. Assistant Public Prosecutors. (1) The State Government shall appoint in every district one or more Assistant public Prosecutors for conducting prosecutions in the CourtsRead More →

25A. Directorate of Prosecution. (1) The State Government may establish a Directorate of Prosecution consisting of a Director of Prosecution and as many Deputy DirectorsRead More →

26. Courts by which offences are triable. Subject to the other provisions of this Code, (a) any offence under the Indian Penal Code may beRead More →

27. Jurisdiction in the case of juveniles. Any offence not punishable with death or imprisonment for life, committed by any person who at the dateRead More →

28. Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass. (1) A High Court may pass any sentence authorised by law.  (2) A Sessions JudgeRead More →

29. Sentences which Magistrates may pass. (1) The Court of a Chief Judicial Magistrate may pass any sentence authorised by law except a sentence ofRead More →

30. Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine. (1) The Court of a Magistrate may award such term of imprisonment in default of payment ofRead More →

31. Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial. (1) When a person is convicted at one trial of two or moreRead More →

32. Mode of conferring powers. (1) In conferring powers under this Code, the High Courts or the State Government, as the case may be, may,Read More →