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Section 6 BNSS — Classes of Criminal Courts

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Official PDF page 4

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

(i) Courts of Session;

(ii) Judicial Magistrates of the first class;

(iii) Judicial Magistrates of the second class; and

(iv) Executive Magistrates.

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