on the 21st june, 2019bill no vii of 2019 the code of criminal procedure (amendment) bill, 2019 a billfurther to amend the code of criminal procedure, 1973be it enacted by parliament in the seventieth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement1 (1) this act may be called the code of criminal procedure (amendment)act, 20195(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appointamendment of  first schedule(i) for the entry relating to section 326, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:—| 1          | 2            | 3            | 4     | 5            | 6        ||------------|--------------|--------------|-------|--------------|----------|| 5          |              |              |       |              |          || 326        | voluntarily  | imprisonment | ditto | non-bailable | court of || causing    | for life, or | session     |       |              |          || grievous   | imprisonment |              |       |              |          || hurt by    | for 10 years |              |       |              |          || dangerous  | and fine    |              |       |              |          || weapons or |              |              |       |              |          || means     |              |              |       |              |          || 10         |              |              |       |              |          |(ii) for the entry relating to section 377, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:—| 1            | 2            | 3            | 4          | 5            | 6        ||--------------|--------------|--------------|------------|--------------|----------|| 15           |              |              |            |              |          || 377          | unnatural    | imprisonment | cognizable | non-bailable | court of || offences    | for life, or | session     |            |              |          || imprisonment |              |              |            |              |          || for 10 years |              |              |            |              |          || and fine    |              |              |            |              |          |(i) for the entry relating to section 467, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:—2012345625467foregery of a valuableimprisonmentdittodittocourt ofsecurity, will or authorityfor  life, orsessionto make or transfer anyimprisonmentvaluable security, or tofor 10 yearsreceive any money, etcand fine30when the valuabledittocognizabledittodittosecurity is a promissory note of the central government statement of objects and reasonssections 326, 377 and 467 of the indian penal code provide for punishment for the offences of voluntarily causing grievous hurt, unnatural offences and forgery of valuable security, will etc respectively these sections prescribe a punishment of life imprisonment or imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years and finethe first schedule to the code of criminal procedure lays down that the offences under these sections are triable by a magistrate of the first class however, under section 29 of the code of criminal procedure, a first class magistrate does not have the power to award the sentence of imprisonment for life or imprisonment for ten years the power to award these sentences is vested in the court of session though there is a provision under section 325 of the code of criminal procedure which allows a magistrate to transfer proceedings to the chief judicial magistrate when he himself cannot pass sentence sufficiently, this still does not address the inconsistency between the provisions of sections 326, 377 and 467 and the first schedule to the code of criminal procedure because even a chief judicial magistrate is not empowered to award punishment of imprisonment for life or imprisonment for 10 yearsin order to address the above inconsistency, the first schedule to the code of criminal procedure needs to be amended so as to provide that the offences under sections 326, 377 and 467 shall be triable by the court of sessionthe bill seeks to achieve the above objectsnarayan lal panchariya annexure extracts from the code of criminal procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) first  schedule|     |     |     |    ||--------|--------|--------|-------| i offences under the indian penal code| section                     | offence               | punishment   | cognizable   | bailable     | by what    ||-----------------------------|-----------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|------------|| or non-                     | or non-               | court        |              |              |            || cognizable                  | bailable              | triable     |              |              |            || 1                           | 2                     | 3            | 4            | 5            | 6          ||                          |                    |           |           |              |            || 326                         | voluntarily           | imprisonment | ditto        | non-bailable | magistrate || causing                     | for life, or          | of the first |              |              |            || grievous                    | imprisonment          | class       |              |              |            || hurt by                     | for 10 years          |              |              |              |            || dangerous                   | and fine             |              |              |              |            || weapons or                  |                       |              |              |              |            || means                      |                       |              |              |              |            ||                          |                    |           |           |              |            || 377                         | unnatural             | imprisonment | cognizable   | non-bailable | magistrate || offences                   | for life, or          | of the first |              |              |            || imprisonment                | class                |              |              |              |            || for 10 years                |                       |              |              |              |            || and fine                   |                       |              |              |              |            ||                          |                    |           |           |              |            || 467                         | forgery of a valuable | imprisonment | ditto        | ditto        | ditto      || security, will or authority | for  life, or         |              |              |              |            || to make or transfer any     | imprisonment          |              |              |              |            || valuable security, or to    | for 10 years          |              |              |              |            || receive any money, etc     | and fine             |              |              |              |            || when the valuable           | ditto                 | cognizable   | ditto        | ditto        |            || security is a promissory    |                       |              |              |              |            || note of the central         |                       |              |              |              |            || government                 |                       |              |              |              |            ||                          |                    |           |           |              |            | rajya  sabha————— a billfurther to amend the code of criminal procedure, 1973—————(shri narayan lal panchariya, mp)mgipmrnd—837rs(s3)—24-06-2019