LawgistThe Code of Criminal Procedure
17Chief Metropolitan Magistrate and Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate
(1) The High Court shall, in relation to every metropolitan area within its local jurisdiction, appoint a Metropolitan Magistrate to be the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate for such metropolitan area.
(2) The High Court may appoint any Metropolitan Magistrate to be an Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, and such Magistrate shall have all or any of the powers of a Chief Metropolitan Magistrate under this Code or under any other law for the time being in force as the High Court may direct.
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CONSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES
- 6 Classes of Criminal Courts
- 7 Territorial divisions
- 8 Metropolitan areas
- 9 Court of Session
- 10 Subordination of Assistant Sessions Judges
- 11 Courts of Judicial Magistrates
- 12 Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc
- 13 Special Judicial Magistrates
- 14 Local jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates
- 15 Subordination of Judicial Magistrates
- 16 Courts of Metropolitan Magistrates
- 17 Chief Metropolitan Magistrate and Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate
- 18 Special Metropolitan Magistrates
- 19 Subordination of Metropolitan Magistrates
- 20 Executive Magistrates
- 21 Special Executive Magistrates
- 22 Local jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates
- 23 Subordination of Executive Magistrates
- 24 Public Prosecutors
- 25 Assistant Public Prosecutors
- 25A Directorate of Prosecution
