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Section 22: Local Jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates

(1) Subject to the control of the State Government, the District Magistrate may, from time to time, define the local limits of the areas...

Section 23: Subordination of Executive Magistrates

(1) All Executive Magistrates, other than the Additional District Magistrate, shall be subordinate to the District Magistrate and every Executive Magistrate (other than the...

Section 24: Public Prosecutors

(1) For every High Court, the Central Government or the State Government shall, after consultation with the High Court, appoint a Public Prosecutor and...

Section 25: Assistant Public Prosecutors

(1) The State Government shall appoint in every district one or more Assistant Public Prosecutors for conducting prosecutions in the Courts of Magistrates. (1A) The...

Section 25A: Directorate of Prosecution

(1) The State Government may establish a Directorate of Prosecution consisting of a Director of Prosecution and as many Deputy Directors of Prosecution as...

Section 26: Courts by which offences are triable

Subject to the other provisions of this Code,—  (a) any offence under the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) may be tried by- ...

Section 27: Jurisdiction in the case of juveniles

Any offence not punishable with death or imprisonment for life, committed by any person who at the date when he appears or is brought...

Section 28: Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass

(1) A High Court may pass any sentence authorised by law. (2) A Sessions Judge or Additional Sessions Judge may pass any sentence authorised by...

Section 29: Sentences which Magistrates may pass

(1) The Court of a Chief Judicial Magistrate may pass any sentence authorised by law except a sentence of death or of imprisonment for...

Section 30: Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine

(1) The Court of a Magistrate may award such term of imprisonment in default of payment of fine as is authorised by law: Provided that...

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