Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 441

BNSS 441: earlier CrPC 400

Section 441 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 400 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 441 deals with power of Additional Sessions Judge. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024. Both texts are set out below, side by side, with the changed words marked.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

BNSS 441 was CrPC 400.

Power of Additional Sessions Judge.

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXX
s. 400
Power of Additional Sessions Judge
An Additional Sessions Judge shall have and may exercise all the powers of a Sessions Judge under this Chapter in respect of any case which may be transferred to him by or under any general or special order of the Sessions Judge.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXXII
s. 441
Power of Additional Sessions Judge.
An Additional Sessions Judge shall have and may exercise all the powers of a Sessions Judge under this Chapter in respect of any case which may be transferred to him by or under any general or special order of the Sessions Judge.
Text from India Code
Related sectionsCrPC 400 · Power of Additional Sessions Judge
BNSS 440 · Sessions Judge's powers of revision.BNSS 442 · High Court's powers of revision.

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