MCQs on CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (ACT V OF 1898)
1. What is the main focus of Chapter II in the Code of Criminal Procedure (Act V of 1898)?
A) Appeals and Revisions
B) The Constitution of Criminal Courts and Offices
C) Powers of the Police
D) Rights of the Accused
2. Under Section 6, how many classes of Criminal Courts and Magistrates are mentioned?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Four
D) Five
3. Who has the power to alter divisions and districts according to Section 7?
A) High Court
B) District Magistrate
C) Government
D) Sessions Judge
4. Under Section 8, who has the power to divide districts into subdivisions?
A) Sessions Judge
B) District Magistrate
C) High Court
D) Government
5. What is the role of the Court of Session as mentioned in Section 9?
A) To investigate crimes
B) To conduct trials
C) To oversee Magistrates
D) To make laws
6. Which section discusses the role of District Magistrates?
A) Section 10
B) Section 9
C) Section 8
D) Section 7
7. Who takes over the duties of a District Magistrate in case of a temporary vacancy according to Section 11?
A) Assistant Sessions Judge
B) High Court Judge
C) Subordinate Magistrate
D) An officer temporarily succeeding
8. Which section gives details about Subordinate Magistrates?
A) Section 10
B) Section 11
C) Section 12
D) Section 13
9. Who can be put in charge of sub-divisions as per Section 13?
A) Executive Magistrate
B) Sessions Judge
C) District Magistrate
D) Subordinate Magistrate
10. Which section discusses the delegation of powers to the District Magistrate?
A) Section 10
B) Section 12
C) Section 13
D) Section 14
11. What is mentioned in Section 14?
A) Special Judicial and Executive Magistrates
B) Powers of the High Court
C) Division of districts
D) Appointment of Judges
12. Section 15 deals with which of the following?
A) Power to frame rules
B) Benches of Magistrates
C) Subordinate Magistrates
D) Suspension and removal
13. Which section empowers the authority to frame rules for the guidance of Benches?
A) Section 14
B) Section 16
C) Section 17
D) Section 18
14. Who are subordinate to the Sessions Judge as per Section 17?
A) Executive Magistrates
B) Sub-Divisional Magistrates
C) Judicial Magistrates
D) Assistant Sessions Judges
15. Section 17 discusses the subordination of Executive Magistrates to which authority?
A) Sessions Judge
B) District Magistrate
C) High Court
D) Supreme Court
16. The subordination of Assistant Sessions Judges is to whom according to Section 17?
A) District Magistrate
B) Executive Magistrate
C) Sessions Judge
D) High Court
17. Which sections were omitted under Courts of Presidency Magistrates?
A) Sections 15-17
B) Sections 18-21
C) Sections 20-23
D) Sections 22-25
18. Section 22 pertains to which of the following?
A) Powers of Executive Magistrates
B) Justices of the Peace for the mufassil
C) Power to frame rules
D) Special Judicial Magistrates
19. Who are the Ex-Officio Justices of the Peace as mentioned in Section 25?
A) Sessions Judges
B) District Magistrates
C) Judicial Magistrates
D) Executive Magistrates