Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc
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Summary
Every non-metropolitan district has a Chief Judicial Magistrate appointed by the High Court. The High Court can also appoint Additional Chief Judicial Magistrates and give them any or all powers of the Chief Judicial Magistrate. The High Court may designate a Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate for a sub-division and assign supervisory control over other Judicial Magistrates there, subject to the Chief Judicial Magistrate's general control.
Example
Priya files a complaint at the police station in her sub-division. A Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate appointed by the High Court will supervise the local Judicial Magistrates handling her case, and if needed an Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate can exercise the Chief Judicial Magistrate's powers as directed by the High Court.
Bare Act
Enacted text(1) In every district (not being a metropolitan area), the High Court shall appoint a Judicial Magistrate of the first class to the Chief Judicial Magistrate.
(2) The High Court may appoint any Judicial Magistrate of the first class to be an Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, and such Magistrate shall have all or any of the powers of a Chief Judicial Magistrate under this Code or under any other law for the time being in force as the High Court may direct.
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(a) The High Court may designate any Judicial Magistrate of the first class in any sub-division as the Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate and relieve him of the responsibilities specified in this section as occasion requires.
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(b) Subject to the general control of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, every Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate shall also have and exercise, such powers of supervision and control over the work of the Judicial Magistrates (other than Additional Chief Judicial Magistrates) in the sub-division as the High Court may, by general or special order, specify in this behalf.
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