Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Section 27

CrPC 27 in BNSS: no corresponding section

Section 27 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 was not carried into the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: no BNSS section corresponds to it. CrPC 27 deals with jurisdiction in the case of juveniles. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the CrPC. Its full text is set out below.

Code of Criminal Procedure

CrPC 27 has no counterpart in the BNSS.

Jurisdiction in the case of juveniles · It was not carried into the 2023 code.

Dropped
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. III
s. 27
Jurisdiction in the case of juveniles
Any offence not punishable with death or imprisonment for life, committed by any person who at the date when he appears or is brought before the Court is under the age of sixteen years, may be tried by the Court of a Chief Judicial Magistrate, or by any Court specially empowered under the Children Act, 1960 (60 of 1960), or any other law for the time being in force providing for the treatment, training and rehabilitation of youthful offenders.
Text from the official India Code PDF
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