CrPC Section 16 (Courts of Metropolitan Magistrates) was not carried into the BNSS

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · applies to offences and proceedings before 1 July 2024

NCRB's official correspondence table lists CrPC 16 as deleted (page 20), and BPR&D's gives it no BNSS counterpart. There is no provision of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 that replaces it.

CrPC 16: Courts of Metropolitan Magistrates

Before 1 July 2024

(1) In every metropolitan area, there shall be established as many Courts of Metropolitan Magistrates, and at such places, as the State Government may, after consultation with the High Court, by notification, specify.

(2) The presiding officers of such Courts shall be appointed by the High Court.

(3) The jurisdiction and powers of every Metropolitan Magistrate shall extend throughout the metropolitan area.

Which one applies

Procedure follows the proceeding. Under section 531(2)(a) of the BNSS, an appeal, application, trial, inquiry or investigation already pending on 1 July 2024 continues under the CrPC; one begun on or after that date proceeds under the BNSS.

Read BNSS section 531 →

Judgments decided under CrPC 16

They still govern offences committed before 1 July 2024. With no BNSS counterpart, they do not carry forward.

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Sources

Correspondence Table and Comparison Summary of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 to the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Bureau of Police Research & Development, Ministry of Home Affairs.
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: bare Act with Corresponding Section Table, National Crime Records Bureau (Sankalan), page 20.
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974), as amended, India Code, Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice.

BPR&D is the Bureau of Police Research & Development (Ministry of Home Affairs); NCRB the National Crime Records Bureau. Their correspondence tables are training aids, not law. This page is general information, not legal advice on any case; the bare Acts as published by the Government of India are the authority.