BNSS 422 — Appeal to Court of Session how heard.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

(1)  Subject  to  the  provisions  of  sub-section  (2),  an
appeal to the Court of Session or Sessions Judge shall be heard by the Sessions Judge or by an Additional
Sessions Judge:
Provided that an appeal against a conviction on a trial held by a Magistrate of the second class may be
heard and disposed of by the Chief Judicial Magistrate.
(2) An Additional Sessions Judge  or a  Chief Judicial Magistrate  shall hear only  such appeals  as the
Sessions Judge  of the  division may, by  general or special order, make  over to him or as the  High Court
may, by special order, direct him to hear.

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