BNSS § 212 · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 212 BNSS — Making over of cases to Magistrates
Replaces CrPC 192 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. In force since 1 July 2024.
The 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.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text.