Category: BNSS

Special Judicial Magistrates. (1) The High Court may, if requested by the Central or State Government so to do,confer upon any person who holds or has held any post under the Government, all or anyof the powers conferred or conferrable by or under this Sanhita on a Judicial Magistrate ofthe first class or of the…

Local Jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates. (1) Subject to the control of the High Court, the Chief Judicial Magistrate may,from time to time, define the local limits of the areas within which the Magistrates appointedunder section 9 or under section 11 may exercise all or any of the powers with which theymay respectively be invested under…

Subordination of Judicial Magistrates. (1) Every Chief Judicial Magistrate shall be subordinate to the Sessions Judge;and every other Judicial Magistrate shall, subject to the general control of the SessionsJudge, be subordinate to the Chief Judicial Magistrate.(2) The Chief Judicial Magistrate may, from time to time, make rules or give specialorders, consistent with this Sanhita, as…

Executive Magistrates. (1) In every district, the State Government may appoint as many persons as itthinks fit to be Executive Magistrates and shall appoint one of them to be the DistrictMagistrate.(2) The State Government may appoint any Executive Magistrate to be an AdditionalDistrict Magistrate, and such Magistrate shall have such of the powers of a…

Special Executive Magistrates. The State Government may appoint, for such term as it may think fit, ExecutiveMagistrates or any police officer not below the rank of Superintendent of Police or equivalent,to be known as Special Executive Magistrates, for particular areas or for the performance ofparticular functions and confer on such Special Executive Magistrates such of…

Local Jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates. (1) Subject to the control of the State Government, the District Magistrate may,from time to time, define the local limits of the areas within which the Executive Magistratesmay exercise all or any of the powers with which they may be invested under this Sanhita.(2) Except as otherwise provided by such…

Subordination of Executive Magistrates. (1) All Executive Magistrates shall be subordinate to the District Magistrate, andevery Executive Magistrate (other than the Sub-divisional Magistrate) exercising powers ina sub-division shall also be subordinate to the Sub-divisional Magistrate, subject, to thegeneral control of the District Magistrate.(2) The District Magistrate may, from time to time, make rules or give…

Public Prosecutors. (1) For every High Court, the Central Government or the State Government shall,after consultation with the High Court, appoint a Public Prosecutor and may also appointone or more Additional Public Prosecutors, for conducting in such Court, any prosecution,appeal or other proceeding on behalf of the Central Government or the State Government,as the case…

Assistant Public Prosecutors. (1) The State Government shall appoint in every district one or more AssistantPublic Prosecutors for conducting prosecutions in the Courts of Magistrates.(2) The Central Government may appoint one or more Assistant Public Prosecutorsfor the purpose of conducting any case or class of cases in the Courts of Magistrates.(3) Without prejudice to provisions…

Directorate of Prosecution. (1) The State Government may establish,—(a) a Directorate of Prosecution in the State consisting of a Director ofProsecution and as many Deputy Directors of Prosecution as it thinks fit; and(b) a District Directorate of Prosecution in every district consisting of as manyDeputy Directors and Assistant Directors of Prosecution, as it thinks fit.(2)…