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Section 6. Classes of Criminal Courts.
THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
Act no. 2 of 19741974Repealed 1 July 2024All India (Central Act)
This Act was repealed on 1 July 2024 by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023), s.531(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.
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.