The Code of Criminal Procedure

Classes of Criminal Courts

Territorial divisions

Metropolitan areas

Court of Session

Subordination of Assistant Sessions Judges

Courts of Judicial Magistrates

Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc

Special Judicial Magistrates

Local jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates

Subordination of Judicial Magistrates

Courts of Metropolitan Magistrates

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate and Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate

Special Metropolitan Magistrates

Subordination of Metropolitan Magistrates

Executive Magistrates

Special Executive Magistrates

Local jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates

Subordination of Executive Magistrates

Public Prosecutors

Assistant Public Prosecutors

Directorate of Prosecution


CONSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES


(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 Sessions Judge, be subordinate to the Chief Judicial Magistrate.
(2) The Chief Judicial Magistrate may, from time to time, make rules or give special orders,
consistent with this Code, as to the distribution of business among the Judicial Magistrates subordinate to
him.


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