BNSS 212 — Making over of cases to Magistrates.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

(1)  Any  Chief  Judicial  Magistrate  may,  after  taking
cognizance of an offence, make over the case for inquiry or trial to any competent Magistrate subordinate
to him.
(2) Any Magistrate of the first class empowered in this behalf by the Chief Judicial Magistrate may,
after  taking  cognizance  of  an  offence,  make  over  the  case  for  inquiry  or  trial  to  such  other  competent
Magistrate as the Chief Judicial Magistrate may, by general or special order, specify, and thereupon such
Magistrate may hold the inquiry or trial.

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