Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 21
Courts by which offences are triable
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BNSS Section 21 deals with courts by which offences are triable and replaces CrPC 26.
Bare act text — BNSS 21
21. Courts by which offences are triable.
Subject to the other provisions of this Sanhita,— (a) any offence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 may be tried by— (i) the High Court; or (ii) the Court of Session; or (iii) any other Court by which such offence is shown in the First Schedule to be triable: Provided that any offence under section 64, section 65, section 66, section 67, section 68, section 69, section 70 or section 71 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 shall be tried as far as practicable by a Court presided over by a woman; (b) any offence under any other law shall, when any Court is mentioned in this behalf in such law, be tried by such Court and when no Court is so mentioned, may be tried by— (i) the High Court; or (ii) any other Court by which such offence is shown in the First Schedule to be triable.
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What was BNSS Section 21 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 21 (Courts by which offences are triable) replaces Section 26 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 26 is now BNSS 21.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 16 — Local Jurisdiction of Executive
- BNSS 17 — Subordination of Executive Magistrates
- BNSS 18 — Public Prosecutors
- BNSS 19 — Assistant Public Prosecutors
- BNSS 20 — Directorate of Prosecution
- BNSS 22 — Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass
- BNSS 23 — Sentences which Magistrates may pass
- BNSS 24 — Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine
- BNSS 25 — Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial
- BNSS 26 — Mode of conferring powers