Section 31: Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass
The Code of Criminal Procedure · Code of Criminal Procedure · Chapter III · in_force
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(1) A High Court may pass any sentence authorized by law. (2) A Sessions Judge or Additional Sessions Judge may pass any sentence authorized by law; but any sentence of death passed by any such Judge shall be subject to confirmation by the High Court. (3) An Assistant Sessions Judge may pass any sentence authorised by law, except a sentence of death or of [* * *] imprisonment for a term exceeding seven years.
Effective date: 1898-07-01
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Section 30: Offences not punishable with deathSection 32: Sentences which Magistrates may passSection 29B: Jurisdiction in the case of JuvenilesSection 33: Power of Magistrate to sentence to imprisonment in default of fineSection 29A: Trial of European British subjects by second and third class Magistrates.] Omitted by theSection 34: Higher powers of certain [* * *] Magistrates
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