CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
14. Local jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates
12. Local Jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
14. 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 appointed under section 11 or under section 13 may exercise all or any of the powers with
which they may respectively be invested under this Code:
[Provided that the Court of Special Judicial Magistrate may hold its sitting at any place within the
local area for which it is established.]
(2) Except as otherwise provided by such definition, the jurisdiction and powers of every such
Magistrate shall extend throughout the district.
[(3) Where the local jurisdiction of a Magistrate, appointed under section 11 or section 13 or
section 18, extends to an area beyond the district, or the metropolitan area, as the case may be, in which
he ordinarily holds Court, any reference in this Code to the Court of Session, Chief Judicial Magistrate or
the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate shall, in relation to such Magistrate, throughout the area within his
local jurisdiction, be construed, unless the context otherwise requires, as a reference to the Court of
Session, Chief Judicial Magistrate, or Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, as the case may be, exercising
jurisdiction in relation to the said district or metropolitan area.]
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
12. Local Jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates.—(1) Subject to the control of the High Court, the
Chief udicial Magistrate may, from time to time, define the local limits of the areas within which the
Magistrates appointed under section 9 or under section 11 may exercise all or any of the powers with which
they may respectively be invested under this Sanhita:
Provided that the Court of Special Judicial Magistrate may hold its sitting at any place within the local
area for which it is established.
(2) Except as otherwise provided by such definition, the jurisdiction and powers of every such
Magistrate shall extend throughout the district.
(3) Where the local jurisdiction of a Magistrate appointed under section 9 or section 11 extends to an
area beyond the district in which he ordinarily holds Court, any reference in this Sanhita to the Court of
Session or Chief Judicial Magistrate shall, in relation to such Magistrate, throughout the area within his
local jurisdiction, be construed, unless the context otherwise requires, as a reference to the Court of Session
or Chief Judicial Magistrate, as the case may be, exercising jurisdiction in relation to the said district.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023