Back to Criminal Procedure Code 2010

Section history

Section 8 — Criminal jurisdiction of District Courts

As in force on 31 October 2018.

Timeline 4 versions
  1. 2 January 2011 Enacted
  2. 31 October 2018 Act 19 of 2018, S 724 of 2018
  3. 31 December 2021 Revised edition
  4. 17 August 2026 Latest
Amended in force 31 October 2018 by Criminal Justice Reform Act 2018, Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment of Second Schedule) Order 2018
8.Criminal jurisdiction of District Courts

(1) District Courts shall 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 punishable with a fine onlya fine-only offence.

(2)Every District Court shall have in the exercise of its jurisdiction all the powers of a Magistrate’s Court.