Criminal Court Of BangladeshSection 6 of the CrPC as amended by the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Ordinance,2007 states that, there shall be two classes of Criminal Courts in Bangladesh,namely--1.Court of Session.2.Court of Magistrates.Court of SessionFor the purpose of administration of criminal justice the whole territory ofBangladesh has been divided into some Session Division each containing a Court ofSession. Section 7 of the CrPC every Sessions Division shall be a district. Ametropolitan area is deemed to be a Sessions Division.Under section 9 of the CrPC the Government bound to appoint a judge in eachSession Court.Section 9(3) Session Judge, Additional Sessions Judge and joint Session Judgeshall be appointed form among the members of the Bangladesh Judicial service.All Joint Session Judge shall be subordinate to the session judge in whose courtthey exercise jurisdiction.Jurisdiction of Court SessionThe Court of Session exercise four types of jurisdiction: Original, appellate,revision0al & administrative.Original JurisdictionOriginal jurisdiction of the Court of Session means that jurisdiction whereby itcan take a case as court of first instance. Under its jurisdiction, a SessionJudge or Additional Session judge can try any offence authorized by criminal law.Appellate JurisdictionA session judge hears appeal form the conviction and sentence passed by the JointSession Judge, Metropolitan Magistrate or any Judicial Magistrate of the firstclass.When in any case of Joint Session Judge passes any sentence of imprisonment forterm exceeding 5 years, the appeal shall lie to the HCD.Revision0al JurisdictionUnder section 435 of the CrPC a session judge may call for and examine the recordsof any inferior court.Under section 439A the Session Judge has the power of revision in case of anyproceeding the record of which has been called for.Jurisdiction as to Transfer of cases or Withdraw casesUnder administrative and supervisory power the Session Judge may transfer a caseform one criminal court to another criminal court. [ Section 526B ].A Session Judge may withdraw or recall any case [ Section 528 ]Court of Joint Session JudgeA Joint Session Judge may pass any sentence authorized by law, expect a sentenceof death or transportation for a term exceeding 10 years or imprisonment for aterm exceeding 10 years.The Magistrate CourtsSection 6(2) of the CrPC provide that there will be two types of magistrate court
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