Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Sanhita or by any other law for the time being in force, no Court of Session shall take cognizance of any offence as a Court of original jurisdiction unless the case has been committed to it by a Magistrate under this Sanhita.
Section 213 BNSS: Cognizance of offences by Court of Session
- Corresponding CrPC
- Section 193 CrPC
Bare Act text
Text as enacted in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023), in force from 1 July 2024. Source: India Code, Government of India.
In simple words
Provides that, unless the Sanhita or another law says otherwise, a Court of Session cannot take cognizance of an offence as a court of original jurisdiction unless a Magistrate has committed the case to it under the Sanhita.
Chapter XV: Conditions Requisite For Initiation Of Proceedings
- 210 Cognizance of offences by Magistrate
- 211 Transfer on application of accused
- 212 Making over of cases to Magistrates
- 213 Cognizance of offences by Court of Session
- 214 Additional Sessions Judges to try cases made over to them
- 215 Prosecution for contempt of lawful authority of public servants, for offences against public justice and for offences relating to documents given in evidence
- 216 Procedure for witnesses in case of threatening, etc
- 217 Prosecution for offences against State and for criminal conspiracy to commit such offence
- 218 Prosecution of Judges and public servants
- 219 Prosecution for offences against marriage
- 220 Prosecution of offences under section 85 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
- 221 Cognizance of offence
- 222 Prosecution for defamation