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PRESENTATION
ON
CRIMINAL JUDICATURE IN
BANGLADESH/HIERARCHY,
JUDICATURE, JURISDICTION AND
POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS
Powers of court under Code of Criminal
Procedure, 1973
Apart from the Supreme Court and High Courts, the following criminal courts have
been described under section 6 of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973:-
 1. Court of Session
 2. Judicial Magistrate of first class and, in any metropolitan area metropolitan
magistrates
 3   Judicial Magistrates of Second Class
 4   Executive Magistrates
 Powers of Court are described under ( Section 26 to 35 ) of Code of Criminal
Procedure, 1973

 Courts by which offences are triable (section 26 )

 Jurisdiction in the case of juveniles (Section 27)

 Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges passes (Section 28)

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Sentences which Magistrates may pass ( Section 29)

 Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine ( Section 30)