Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc
Section 10 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc. In every district, the High Court shall appoint a Judicial Magistrate of the first class to be the Chief Judicial Magistrate. The Act came into force on 01 Jul 2024.
(1) In every district, the High Court shall appoint a Judicial Magistrate of the first class to be the Chief Judicial Magistrate.
(2) The High Court may appoint any Judicial Magistrate of the first class to be an Additional Chief Judicial magistrate, and such Magistrate shall have all or any of the powers of a Chief Judicial Magistrate under this Sanhita or under any other law for the time being in force as the High Court may direct.
(3) The High Court may designate any Judicial Magistrate of the first class in any sub-division as the Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate and relieve him of the responsibilities specified in this section as occasion requires.
(4) Subject to the general control of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, every Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate shall also have and exercise, such powers of supervision and control over the work of the Judicial Magistrates (other than Additional Chief Judicial Magistrates) in the sub-division as the High Court may, by general or special order, specify in this behalf.
Section 10, The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act 46 of 2023).
Replaces a provision of the Code of Criminal Procedure
CRPC 12 Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate,etc Text carried over almost unchanged 98%
Measured by comparing the text of the two provisions, not taken from an official correspondence table — there is no machine-readable one. See both texts side by side before relying on it.
Both regimes are live. The repealed enactment still governs what happened while it was in force. We never redirect one to the other.
Questions about Section 10
What does Section 10 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita deal with?
Section 10 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita is headed "Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc". In every district, the High Court shall appoint a Judicial Magistrate of the first class to be the Chief Judicial Magistrate.
How do I find court cases under Section 10 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: BNSS 10, section 10 BNSS, section 10 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.
What should I read with Section 10 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and has it changed?
It carries forward CrPC 12 (Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate,etc), so the judgments decided under that provision are the case law on this one.
When did Section 10 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita come into force?
Section 10 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, cited as BNSS 10, came into force on 01 Jul 2024, having been enacted on 25 Dec 2023. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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