(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:
3[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.
4[(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.]
3. Added by s. 5, ibid. (w.e.f. 18-12-1978).
4. Ins. by s. 5, ibid. (w.e.f. 18-12-1978).
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