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10. Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc. (1) In every district, the High Court shall appoint a Judicial Magistrate of the firstRead More →

11. Special Judicial Magistrates. (1) The High Court may, if requested by the Central or State Government so to do, confer upon any person whoRead More →

12. Local Jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates. (1) Subject to the control of the High Court, the Chief Judicial Magistrate may, from time to time, defineRead More →

13. Subordination of Judicial Magistrates. (1) Every Chief Judicial Magistrate shall be subordinate to the Sessions Judge; and every other Judicial Magistrate shall, subject toRead More →

14. Executive Magistrates. (1) In every district, the State Government may appoint as many persons as it thinks fit to be Executive Magistrates and shallRead More →

15. Special Executive Magistrates. The State Government may appoint, for such term as it may think fit, Executive Magistrates or any police officer not belowRead More →

16. Local Jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates. (1) Subject to the control of the State Government, the District Magistrate may, from time to time, define theRead More →

17. Subordination of Executive Magistrates. (1) All Executive Magistrates shall be subordinate to the District Magistrate, and every Executive Magistrate (other than the Sub-divisional Magistrate)Read More →

18. Public Prosecutors. (1) For every High Court, the Central Government or the State Government shall, after consultation with the High Court, appoint a PublicRead More →

19. Assistant Public Prosecutors. (1) The State Government shall appoint in every district one or more Assistant Public Prosecutors for conducting prosecutions in the CourtsRead More →

20. Directorate of Prosecution. (1) The State Government may establish: (a) a Directorate of Prosecution in the State consisting of a Director of Prosecution andRead More →

CHAPTER III – POWER OF COURTS 21. Courts by which offences are triable. Subject to the other provisions of this Sanhita: (a) any offence underRead More →

22. Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass. (1) A High Court may pass any sentence authorised by law. (2) A Sessions JudgeRead More →

23. Sentences which Magistrates may pass. (1) The Court of a Chief Judicial Magistrate may pass any sentence authorised by law except a sentence ofRead More →

24. Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine. (1) The Court of a Magistrate may award such term of imprisonment in default of payment ofRead More →

25. Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial. (1) When a person is convicted at one trial of two or moreRead More →