THE BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023

List of Chapters

• • Chapter I - PRELIMINARY

  • Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement.

  • Section 2 - Definitions

  • Section 3 - Construction of references.

  • Section 4 - Trial of offences under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and other laws.

  • Section 5 - Saving.

• • Chapter II - CONSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES

  • Section 6 - Classes of Criminal Courts.

  • Section 7 - Territorial Divisions.

  • Section 8 - Court of Session.

  • Section 9 - Courts of Judicial Magistrates.

  • Section 10 - Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc.

  • Section 11 - Special Judicial Magistrates.

  • Section 12 - Local Jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates.

  • Section 13 - Subordination of Judicial Magistrates.

  • Section 14 - Executive Magistrates.

  • Section 15 - Special Executive Magistrates.

  • Section 16 - Local Jurisdiction of Executive.

  • Section 17 - Subordination of Executive Magistrates.

  • Section 18 - Public Prosecutors.

  • Section 19 - Assistant Public Prosecutors.

  • Section 20 - Directorate of Prosecution

• • Chapter III - POWER OF COURTS .

  • Section 21 - Courts by which offences are triable.

  • Section 22 - Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass.

  • Section 23 - Sentences which Magistrates may pass.

  • Section 24 - Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine.

  • Section 25 - Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial.

  • Section 26 - Mode of conferring powers.

  • Section 27 - Powers of officers appointed.

  • Section 28 - Withdrawal of powers.

  • Section 29 - Powers of Judges and Magistrates exercisable by their successors-in-office.

• • Chapter XXXIV - EXECUTION, SUSPENSION, REMISSION AND COMMUTATION OF SENTENCES.

  • Section 474 - Power to Commute Sentence

• • Chapter XXXIX - MISCELLANEOUS.

  • Section -

• • The FIRST Schedule

  • The SECOND Schedule