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Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

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

Chapter III — Power of Courts

22. (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.

Source: official text of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Ministry of Home Affairs).