CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
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27. Jurisdiction in the case of juveniles
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
27. Jurisdiction in the case of juveniles.—Any offence not punishable with death or imprisonment
for life, committed by any person who at the date when he appears or is brought before the Court is under
the age of sixteen years, may be tried by the Court of a Chief Judicial Magistrate, or by any Court
specially empowered under the Children Act, 1960 (60 of 1960), or any other law for the time being in
force providing for the treatment, training and rehabilitation of youthful offenders.
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
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