Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Section 400

CrPC 400 in BNSS: Section 441

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

Code of Criminal Procedure

CrPC 400 is now BNSS 441.

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 sectionsBNSS 441 · Power of Additional Sessions Judge.
CrPC 399 · Sessions Judge's powers of revisionCrPC 401 · High Court's powers of revision

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