LawgistThe Code of Criminal Procedure
6Classes 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.
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CONSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES
- 6 Classes of Criminal Courts
- 7 Territorial divisions
- 8 Metropolitan areas
- 9 Court of Session
- 10 Subordination of Assistant Sessions Judges
- 11 Courts of Judicial Magistrates
- 12 Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc
- 13 Special Judicial Magistrates
- 14 Local jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates
- 15 Subordination of Judicial Magistrates
- 16 Courts of Metropolitan Magistrates
- 17 Chief Metropolitan Magistrate and Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate
- 18 Special Metropolitan Magistrates
- 19 Subordination of Metropolitan Magistrates
- 20 Executive Magistrates
- 21 Special Executive Magistrates
- 22 Local jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates
- 23 Subordination of Executive Magistrates
- 24 Public Prosecutors
- 25 Assistant Public Prosecutors
- 25A Directorate of Prosecution
