Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
BNSS 391 was CrPC 352.
Certain Judges and Magistrates not to try certain offences when committed before themselves.
Carried over
93% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXVI
s. 352
Certain Judges and Magistrates not to try certain offences when committed before themselves
Except as provided in sections 344, 345, 349 and 350, no Judge of a Criminal Court (other than a Judge of a High Court) or Magistrate shall try any person for any offence referred to in section 195, when such offence is committed before himself or in contempt of his authority, or is brought under his notice as such Judge or Magistrate in the course of a judicial proceeding.
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New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXVIII
s. 391
Certain Judges and Magistrates not to try certain offences when committed before themselves.
Except as provided in sections 383, 384, 388 and 389, no Judge of a Criminal Court (other than a Judge of a High Court) or Magistrate shall try any person for any offence referred to in section 215, when such offence is committed before himself or in contempt of his authority, or is brought under his notice as such Judge or Magistrate in the course of a judicial proceeding.
Text from India Code