Section 13 in THE BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023 – BNSS

Subordination of Judicial Magistrates.

13. (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 Sanhita, as to the distribution of business among the Judicial
    Magistrates subordinate to him.

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