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BNSS Section 22: Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass

Verbatim · BNSS22. 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 law; but any sentence of death passed by any such Judge shall be subject to confirmation by the High Court.

Corresponds (indicatively) to CrPC 28 of the repealed Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC → BNSS table

Cite as: Section 22, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023)