IPC 20 — "Court of Justice"

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

The  words "Court  of Jutsice" denote a Judge who  is empowered  by law  to act judicially alone, or a body of Judges which  is empowered  by law  to act  judicially as a body, when such Judge or body of Judges is acting judicially.
Illustration A Panchayat  acting  under Regulation VII, 1816, of the Madras Code, having power to try and determine suits, is a Court of Justice.
2. Subs., ibid., for s. 17.

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