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Criminal Procedure Code 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Criminal Jurisdiction of State Courts
8. Criminal jurisdiction of District Courts
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Last amended by an amending law of 2018.
(1)
District Courts have jurisdiction and power to try any offence for which the maximum term of imprisonment provided by law does not exceed 10 years or which is a fine-only offence.
(2)
Every District Court has in the exercise of its jurisdiction all the powers of a Magistrate’s Court.
court
Defined · s 2
“court” means the Court of Appeal, the General Division of the High Court, a Family Court, a Youth Court, a District Court or a Magistrate’s Court (as the case may be) which exercises criminal jurisdiction;