What was BNSS 6 in the CrPC?

BNSS 6: earlier CrPC 6 · Classes of Criminal Courts

BNSS 6: earlier CrPC 6

Section 6 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 6 deals with classes of Criminal Courts. 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 6 was CrPC 6.

Classes of Criminal Courts.

Carried over

86% of the old wording kept

Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. II

s. 6

Classes of Criminal Courts

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

(i) Courts of Session;

(ii) Judicial Magistrates of the first class and, in any metropolitan area, Metropolitan Magistrates;

(iii) Judicial Magistrates of the second class; and

(iv) Executive Magistrates.

Text from the official India Code PDF

New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. II

s. 6

Classes of Criminal Courts.

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.

Text from India Code