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The Gujarat Separation of Judicial and Executive Functions Act, 1951

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Bombay Separation of judicial and ExecutiveFunctions Act, 1951. 
1951 : Bom. XXIII] 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GOVERNMENT OF GUJARAT 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LEGISLATIVE PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT 
BOMBAY ACT NO. XXIII OF 1951 
The Bombay Separation of Judicial and 
Executive Functions Act, 1951 
(As modified upto the 31st October, 2006) 
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THE BOMBAY SEPARATION OF JUDICIAL AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS ACT, 1951. 
.................................... 
CONTENTS. 
PREAMBLE. PAGE 
 NO. 
SECTIONS. 
1. Short title, extent and commencement. 1 
2. Amendments to enactments. 1 
3. Amendments not to render invalid notifications, orders, 1 
 etc., issued before commencement of Act. 
4. Saving.    2 
 SCHEDULE. 
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BOMBAY ACT No. XXIII OF 1951.1 
[THE BOMBAY SEPARATION OF JUDICIAL AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS ACT, 1951.] 
[5th July, 1951] 
Amended by Bom. 39 of 1951. 
Amended by Bom. 34 of 1953. 
Amended by Bom. 21 of 1954. 
An Act to provide for the separation of 
Judicial and Executive functions in the State of Bombay. 
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the separation of the performance of j udicial 
and executive functions by officers in the State of Bombay; It is hereby enacted as 
follows :- 
1. (1) This Act may be called the Bombay Separation of Judicial and Executive 
Functions Act, 1951. 
 (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Bombay. 
 (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by 
notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf. 
2. The Central Acts specified in Parts I and II of the Sc hedule appended to this Act 
(hereinafter called the Schedule) in their application to the State of Bombay and 
the Bombay Acts specified in Part III of the Schedule are hereby amended to the 
extent mentioned in the fourth column of the Schedule. 
3. The provisions of this Act which amend any Act specified in the Schedule so as 
to alter the manner in which, the authority by which, or the Law under or in 
accordance with which, any power are exercisable, shall not render invalid any 
notification, order, commitment, attachment, by -law, rule or regulation duly 
made or issued or anything duly done before the commencement of this Act; 
and any such notification, ord er, commitment, attachment, by –law, rule or 
regulation or thing may be revoked, varied or undone in the like manner, to the 
like extent and in the like circumstances, as if it had been done after the 
commencement of this Act by the competent authority and in accordance with 
the provisions then applicable to such a case. 
4. 
2[(1)] 3[Save as provided in this section, nothing in this Act] shall be deemed to 
affect- 
  (a) the validity, invalidity, effect or consequence of anything done or 
suffered to b e done in an area before the date on which the 
provisions of this Act come into force in such area; 
  (b) any right, privilege, obligation or liability already acquired, 
accrued or incurred before such date; 
Short title,extent 
and 
commencement. 
Amendments 
to 
enactments. 
Amendments not 
to render invalid 
notification,orders
,etc.,issued before 
commencement of 
Act. 
Savings. 
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  (c) any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incu rred or inflicted in 
respect of any before such dated; 
  (d) any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of 
such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or 
punishment; 
4[and any such investigation, legal proceeding or reme dy may be instituted 
continued or enforced and any such penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed 
in accordance with the provisions of the relevant enactments as amended by this Act]. 
5[(2) All legal proceedings pending before a Magistrate or Court on the date on which 
this Act comes into force shall, if such Magistrate or Court ceases in have 
jurisdiction in respect of such proceedings under the provisions of the relevant 
enactments as amended by this Act, stand transferred to the Magistrate or 
Court having jurisdiction under the provisions of the relevant enactment as 
amended by this Act and shall be heard and disposed of by such Magistrate or 
Court and such Magistrate and Court shall have all the powers and jurisdiction 
thereof as if they had been originally instituted before such Magistrate or in 
such Court.] 
SCHEDULE 
(See Section 2) 
PART I. – THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1898. 
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 Year. No. Short title. Extent of amendment. 
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 1898 V Code of 1. For section 6, the following shall be 
   Procedure,  substituted, namely :- 
   1898. 
     “6. Besides the High Court and the Court 
constituted under any law other than 
this classes of  Criminal Courts. Code 
for the time being in force, there shall 
be two classes of Criminal Courts in the 
State of Bombay namely :– 
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 1898 V Code of  I.-Courts of Session. 
   Procedure,  II.-Courts of Magistrates”. 
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   1898. 2. After section 6, the following shall be 
     inserted, namely :- 
      “A-1. Classes of Magistrates. 
     6-A. There shall be the following classes of 
Magistrates, namely :- 
          I. Judicial Magistrates. 
     (1) Presidency Magistrates. 
     (2) Magistrates of the first class. 
     (3) Magistrates of the second class. 
     (4) Magistrates of the third class. 
     (5) Special Judicial Magistrates. 
         II. Executive Magistrates.  
     (1) District Magistrates. 
     (2) Sub-Divisional Magistrates. 
     (3) Taluka Magistrates. 
     (4) Presidency Magistrates specially 
empowered by the State Government. 
     (5) Special Executive Magistrates” 
    3. For section 7, the following shall be 
substituted, namely :- 
     “7. (1) The State of Bombay shall consist 
of Sessions divisions; and every 
sessions division; shall 
for the purposes of the Code, be a 
district; or consist of districts. 
      (2) For the purposes of this Code, 
Greater Bombay shall be a sessions 
division and be deemed to be a 
district. 
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 Year. No. Short title. Extent of amendment. 
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 1898 V Code of   (3) The State Government may alter 
Sessions 
Divisons 
and 
Districts. 
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   Criminal    the limits or the number of such 
   Procedure    divisions and districts. 
   1898– 
   contd.   (4) The sessions divisions and districts 
existing when the Bombay 
Separation of Judicial and 
Executive Functions Act, 1951, 
comes into force shall be sessions     
divisions and districts respectively, 
unless and until they are so 
altered”. 
    4. In section 8, in sub-section (1), for the words “ 
outside the presidency towns ”, the words “ 
outside Greater Bombay ” shall be 
substituted. 
    5. In section 9,- 
     (i) in sub -section (1), after the words 
“sessions division, and” the words “in 
consultation with the High Court” shall 
be inserted; 
     (ii) in sub-section (3), after the words “may 
also” the words “ in consultation” with 
the High Court ” shall be inserted; 
     (iii) in sub -section (4), after the words 
“sessions division may”, the words “in 
consultation with the High Court” shall 
be inserted. 
    6. In section 10,- 
     (i) in sub-section (1)- 
      (a) for the words “outside the 
presidency towns”, the words 
“outside Greater Bombay ” shall 
be substituted ; 
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 1898 V Code of   (b) the words “Magistrate of the first 
   Criminal    class, who shall be called the ”  
   Procedure,    shall be deleted ; 
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   1898–   (ii) in sub-section (2), the words 
   contd.    “any Magistrate of the first class to 
be ” shall be deleted ; 
     (iii) sub-section (3) shall be deleted. 
    7. In section 12,- 
     (i) in sub-section (1),- 
      (a) the words “besides the District 
Magistrate” shall be deleted; 
      (b) for the words “outside the 
presidency towns” the words “ 
utside Greater Bombay” shall be 
substituted; 
      (c) the words “ the State Government 
or the District Magistrate, subject 
to the control of the State 
Government” shall be deleted; 
     (ii) after sub -section (1), the following 
sub–section shall be inserted, namely :- 
     “(1-A) The power of appointment of 
Magistrates under sub -section (1) shall 
on the issue of public notification under 
article 237 of the Constitution, be 
exercised subject to the terms of the 
said notification.”; 
     (iii) for the marginal note to the said 
sections, the following shall be 
substituted, namely :- 
      “Judicial Magistrates”. 
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 1898 V Code of  8. In section 13,- 
   Criminal  (i) in sub-section (1), the words “ of the 
   Procedure,   first or second class ” shall be deleted 
   1898–   and after the words “ sub-division ”, 
   contd.   the words “ or a taluka ” shall be 
inserted; 
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     (ii) in sub -section (2), after the words 
“Sub-divisional Magistrates”, the words 
“ or Taluka Magistrates, as the case may 
be ” shall be added ; 
     (iii) in the marginal note to the said section, 
the words “ or taluka ” shall be added. 
    9. For section 14, the following shall be 
substituted, namely :- 
     “14. (1) The State Government may in 
consultation with the High Court, 
confer upon any person all or any 
of the powers con ferred or 
conferrable by or under this Code 
on a Judicial Magistrate in respect 
to particular cases or to a 
particular class or classes of cases, 
or in regard to cases generally in 
any local area. Such Magistrates 
shall be called Special Judicial 
Magistrates and shall be appointed 
for such term as the State 
Government may in consultation 
with the High Court by general or 
special order direct. 
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 1898 V Code of   (2) The State Government may also 
   Criminal    appoint Executive Magistrates 
   Procedure,    for particular areas or for the 
   1898–    performance of particular 
   contd.    functions and confer upon them 
such powers as it deems fit. Such 
Magistrates shall be called Special 
Executive Magistrates and shall be 
appointed for such term as the 
State Government may by general 
or special order direct : 
Provided that no powers shall 
be conferred under this 
sub-section on any police officer 
below the grade of Assistant 
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Superintendent and no powers 
shall be conferred on a police 
officer except so far as may be 
necessary for preserving the 
peace, preventing crime and 
detecting, apprehending and 
detaining offenders in order to 
their being brought before a 
Magistrate, and for the 
performance by the officer of any 
other duties imposed upon him by 
any law for the time being in force. 
      (3) The State Government may 
delegate, with such limitations as 
it may think fit, to any other officer 
under its control the powers 
conferred by sub-section (2)”. 
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 1898 V Code of 10. In section 15, in sub-section (1), for 
   Criminal  the words “ The State Government may 
   Procedure,  direct any two or more Magistrates in any 
   1898-  place outside the presidency-towns”, the 
   contd.  words “ The State Government may, in 
consultation with the High Court, direct any 
two or more Judicial Magistrates in any place 
outside Greater Bombay ” shall be 
substituted. 
    11. In section 16, for the words “ The State 
Government may, or, subject to the control of 
the State Government, the District Magistrate 
”, the words “ The High Court, subject to the 
sanction of the State Government ” shall be 
substituted. 
    12. In section 17, 
     (i) in sub-section (1)- 
      (a) for the words “ All Magistrates”, 
the words “All Judicial 
Magistrates” shall be substituted; 
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      (b) the figures “ 13 ” shall be 
deleted; 
      (c) for the words “District Magistrate”, 
the words “Sessions Judge” shall be 
substituted; 
      (d) the word “ and ” at the end shall 
be deleted; 
     (ii) sub-section (2) and sub -section (5) shall 
be deleted; 
     (iii) in the marginal note to the said section, 
for the word “Magistrates”, the words 
“Judicial Magistrates” and for the words 
“ District Magistrate ”, the words “ 
Sessions Judge ” shall be substituted. 
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1898 V Code of 13. After section 17, the following sections shall 
   Criminal  be inserted, namely :- 
   Procedure,  “17A. All Executive Magistrates appointed 
   1898–   under sections 13 and 14 shall be 
   contd.   subordinate to the District Magistrate. 
     17B. Courts of Session and Courts of 
Magistrates (including Courts of 
Presidency Magistrates) shall be 
Criminal Courts inferior to the High 
Court and Courts of Magistrates outside 
Greater Bombay shall be Criminal 
Courts inferior to the Court of Session”. 
    14. In section 18, after sub -section (4), the 
following sub-section shall be added, 
namely :- 
     “(5) The power of appointment of the Chief 
Presidency Magistrate and the 
Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate 
shall be exercised in consultation with 
the High Court and the power of 
appointment of other Presidency 
Magistrates shall on the issue of public 
notification under article 237 of the 
Constitution, be exercised subject to 
the terms of the said notification”. 
    15. In section 29B,- 
Subordinat
e of 
Executive 
magistrates 
to District 
Magistrate. 
Inferior 
Criminal 
Courts. 
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     (i) the words “a District Magistrate or” 
shall be deleted; 
     (ii) for the words “ by any Magistrate 
specially empowered by the State 
Government ”, the words “ by any 
Judicial Magistrate specially 
empowered by the State Government 
in consultation with the High Court” 
shall be substituted. 
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 1898 V Code of 16. In section 36, for the words “ District 
   Criminal  Magistrates, Sub-divisional Magistrate and 
   Procedure,  Magistrates of the first, second and third 
   1898-  classes ”, the words “ Judicial and Executive 
   contd.  Magistrates other than Special Judicial and 
Executive Magistrates ” shall be substituted. 
    17. For section 37, the following shall be 
substituted, namely :- 
     “37. In addition to his ordinary powers, the 
State Government may invest any 
Magistrate with the powers as specified 
in the fourth Schedule : 
Provided that in the case of Judicial 
Magistrates such powers shall be 
conferred in consultation with the High 
Court : 
Provided further that the State 
Government may authorize a District 
Magistrate to invest any Magistrate 
subordinate to him with any of the 
powers specified in Part II of the fourth 
Schedule”. 
    18. In section 38, for the words “ conferred on ”, 
the words “ delegated to ” shall be 
substituted. 
    19. After section 38, the following section shall be 
inserted, namely :- 
Additional 
powers 
conferrable 
on 
Magistrate. 
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     “38A. Whenever under any provisions of this 
Code or of any law for the time being in 
force relating to any of the matters 
specified in Lists II and III of the Seventh 
Schedule to the Constitution any 
judicial powers are to be conferred on a 
Sessions Judge, an Additional or 
Assistant Sessions  
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 1898 V Code of   Judge or a Judicial Magistrate or any 
   Criminal   such Magistrate is to be specially 
   Procedure,   empowered to exercise such powers, 
   1898-   the orders conferring such powers or 
   contd.   empowering the exercise of such 
powers shall be made by the State 
Government in consultation with th e 
High Court notwithstanding that such 
provision may not expressly provide for 
such consultation. 
Explanation.-For the purposes of 
this section, the questions whether any 
powers are judicial shall be decided by 
the State Government in consultation 
with the  High Court and such decision 
shall be final”. 
    20. In section 41, to sub -section (1) the following 
proviso shall be added, namely :- 
“Provided that in the case of Judicial 
Magistrates the withdrawal of such powers 
shall be made in consultation with the High 
Court”. 
    21. In section 57, in sub-section (2), for the words 
“ before a Magistrate if so required”, the 
words “ before a Magistrate having 
jurisdiction if so required ” shall be 
substituted. 
    22. In section 63, for the words “ special order of 
a Magistrate ”, the words “ special order of a 
Powers on 
Judicial 
Strate to be 
conferred in 
consulation 
with the 
High Court. 
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Magistrate having jurisdiction ” shall be 
substitution. 
    23. In section 78, in sub -section (1), after the 
words “ or sub -divisional Magistrate ”, the 
words “ or Magistrate of the first class ” shall 
be inserted. 
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 1898 V Code of 24. In section 88, in sub-section (6C), the words 
   Criminal  beginning with the words “ of the first ” 
   Procedure  and ending with the words “ may be ” shall 
   1898- contd.  be deleted. 
    25. In section 94, in sub-section (1), for the words 
“ beyond the limits of the towns of Calcutta 
and Bombay ”, the words “ beyond the limits 
of Greater Bombay ” shall be substituted. 
    26. In section 106, in sub -section (1), the words “ 
a District Magistrate, a Sub -divisional 
Magistrate” shall be deleted. 
    27. In section 107, in sub -section (1), for the 
words “Presidency Magistrate, District 
Magistrate, Sub -divisional Magistrate or 
Magistrate of the first class ” the foll owing 
shall be substituted, namely :- 
     “Presidency Magistrate specially empowered 
by the State Government in this behalf or a 
District Magistrate or Sub -divisional 
Magistrate or a Taluka Magistrate specially 
empowered by the State Government in this 
behalf”. 
    28. In section 108, for the words “or a Presidency 
Magistrate, or Magistrate of the first class”, 
the words “ or sub -divisional Magistrate or a 
Presidency Magistrate” shall be substituted. 
    29. In section 100, for the words “ Presidency 
Magistrate, District Magistrate, Sub -Divisional 
Magistrate or Magistrate of the first class”, 
the words “Presidency Magistrate specially 
empowered by the State Government in this 
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behalf, or a District Magistrate or a 
Sub-divisional Magistrate” shall be 
substituted. 
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 1898 V Code of 30. In section 100, for the words “Presidency 
   Criminal  Magistrate, District Magistrate, or Sub– 
   Procedure,  Divisional Magistrate or a Magistrate of the 
   1898-  first class specially empowered in this behalf 
   contd.  by the State Government”, the words 
“Presidency Magistrate specially empowered 
by the State Government in this behalf, or a 
District Magistrate or a Sub -divisional 
Magistrate” shall be substituted. 
    31. in section 126,- 
     (i) in sub -section (1), for the words 
beginning with the words “to a 
Presidency Magistrate” and ending with 
the words “ first class ”, the words “ to 
the Court by which an order was made 
to give security ” shall be substituted; 
     (ii) for sub -section (2), the following shall 
be substituted, namely :- 
     “(2) On such application being made, the 
Court shall issue summons or warrant, 
as it may think fit, requiring the person 
for whom such surety is bound to 
appear or to be brought before it”. 
    32. In section 133, in sub-section (1),- 
     (i) for the words “District Magistrate, a  
Sub-divisional Magistrate or a 
Magistrate of the first class ”, the words 
“ Presidency Magistrate specially 
empowered by the State Government 
in this behalf or a District Magistrate or 
a sub -divisional Magistrate” shall be 
substituted; 
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 1898 V Code of  (ii) in the last paragraph, for the words 
   Criminal   “ to appear before himself or some 
   Procedure,   other Magistrate of the first or second 
   1898–   class”, the words “ to appear before 
   conted.   himself or some other Executive 
Magistrate ” shall be substituted. 
    33. In section 143, fo r the words “ A District 
Magistrate or Sub -divisional Magistrate, or 
any other Magistrate empowered by the 
State Government or the District Magistrate 
in this behalf ”, the words “ A Presidency 
Magistrate specially empowered by the State 
Government in this  behalf or a District 
Magistrate or a Sub -divisional Magistrate or 
any Executive Magistrate empowered either 
by the State Government or the District 
Magistrate in this behalf” shall be substituted. 
    34. In section 144, in sub -section (1), for the 
words and brackets “ or of any other 
Magistrate (not being a Magistrate of the 
third class) ”, the words “or of any other 
Executive Magistrate ” shall be substituted. 
    35. In section 145, in sub -section (1), for the 
words “or Magistrate of the first class”, t he 
words “or any other Executive Magistrate 
specially empowered by the State 
Government in this behalf” shall be 
substituted. 
    36. In section 147, in sub -section (1), for the 
words “or Magistrate of the first class”, the 
words “or any other Executive Ma gistrate 
specially empowered by the State 
Government in this behalf ” shall be 
substituted. 
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 1898 V Code of 37. In section 164, in sub-section (1), for the 
   Criminal  words “Any Presidency Magistrate, any 
   Procedure,  Magistrate of the first class and any 
   1898–  Magistrate of the second class specially 
   contd.  empowered in this behalf by the State 
Government”, the words “Any Presidency 
Magistrate, any District Magistrate, any 
Sub-divisional Magistrate, an y Magistrate of 
the first class or any other Magistrate 
specially empowered by the State 
Government in this behalf ” shall be 
substituted. 
    38. In section 167,- 
     (i) in sub -section (1), for the words “ the 
nearest Magistrate”, the words “ the 
nearest Judicial Magistrate ” shall be 
substituted; 
     (ii) for sub -section (4), the following shall 
be substituted, namely:- 
     “(4) Any Magistrate giving such order shall 
forward a copy of his order, with his 
reasons, for making it, to the Sessions 
Judge”. 
    39. In section 170, sub -section (3) shall be 
deleted. 
    40. In section 174, in sub -section (5), for the 
words “ or Magistrate of the first class and 
any Magistrate ” the words “ or any Executive 
Magistrate ” shall be substituted. 
    41. In section 186, in sub -section (1), for the 
words “ a District Magistrate, a Sub -divisional 
Magistrate, or if he is specially empowered in 
this behalf by the State Government, a 
Magistrate of the first class”, the words “ or a 
Magistrate of the first class specially 
empowered in this behalf by the State 
Government in consultation with the High 
Court ” shall be substituted. 
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 1898 V Code of 42. In section 187, in sub-section (1), for the 
   Criminal  words “ by a Magistrate other than a 
   Procedure  Presidency Magistrate or District Magistrate, 
   1898–  such Magistrate shall send the person 
   contd.  arrested to the District or Sub -divisional 
Magistrate ”, the words “ the Magistrate 
issuing the warrant shall send the person 
arrested to the Sessions Judge” shall be 
substituted. 
    43. In section 190,- 
     (i) in sub-section (1),– 
      (a) the words, “ District Magistrate or 
Sub-divisional Magistrate” shall be 
deleted; 
      (b) for the words “ any other ”, the 
words “ any Judicial ” shall be 
substituted; 
      (c) after the words “in this behalf” the 
words “ by the State Government 
in consultation with the High Court 
” shall be 
inserted; 
     (ii) in sub -section (2), the words, “or the 
District Magistrate subject to the 
general or special orders of the State 
Government,” shall be deleted; 
     (iii) in sub-section (3), after the words “the 
State Government may”, the words “in 
consultation with the High Court” shall 
be inserted. 
    44. In section 192,- 
     (i) in sub -section (1), the words, “District 
Magistrate or Sub -divisional Magistrate 
” shall be deleted; 
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 V 1898 Code of  (ii) in sub-section (2),- 
   Criminal   (a) for the words “ any District 
   Procedure    Magistrate ”, the words “ A 
   1898–    Sessions Judge ” shall be 
   contd.    substituted ; 
      (b) for the words “in his district”, the 
words “in the session division” 
shall be substituted. 
    45. In section 193, in sub -section (2), after the 
words “ the State Government ”, the words “ 
in consultation with the High Court ”  shall be 
inserted. 
    46. In section 206, in sub-section (1),- 
     (i) the words “ District Magistrate, 
Sub-divisional Magistrate ” shall be 
deleted; 
     (ii) after the words “ State Government” 
the words “ in consultation with the 
High Court ” shall be inserted. 
    47. In section 249, for the words “ or with the 
previous sanction of the District Magistrate, 
any other Magistrate ”, the words “or any 
other Judicial Magistrate specially 
empowered in this behalf by the State 
Government in consultation wit h the High 
Court ” shall be substituted. 
    48. In section 260, in sub-section (1),- 
     (i) the clause “ (a) the District Magistrate,” 
shall be deleted ; 
     (ii) in clauses (b) and (c), after the words “ 
State Government ”, the words “in 
consultation with the High Court” shall 
be inserted. 
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 1898 V Code of 49. In section 261, after the words “ The State 
   Criminal  Government may ”, the words “ in 
   Procedure  consultation with the High Court ” shall be 
   1898– contd.  inserted. 
    50. In section 265, in sub -section (2), after the 
words “ The State Government may ”, the 
words “ in consultation with the High Court” 
shall be inserted. 
    51. In section 269, in sub -section (1), after the 
words “ The State Government may ”, the 
words “ in consultation with the High Court” 
shall be inserted. 
    52. In section 337, in the proviso to sub -section 
(1), the words “other than the District 
Magistrate ” shall be deleted, and for the 
words “ sanction of the District Magistrate” 
the words “sanction of the Sessions Judge” 
shall be substituted; 
    53. In section 346, in sub-section (1),- 
     (i) for the words “ outside the presidency 
towns ”, the words “ outside Greater 
Bombay ” shall be substituted; 
     (ii) after the words “ District Magistrate” 
the words “ or Sessions Judge, as the 
case may be, ” shall be inserted. 
    54. In section 349,- 
     (i) in sub-section (1), for the words “to the 
District Magistrate or Sub -Divisional 
Magistrate to whom he is subordinate”, 
the words “  to a Magistrate of the first 
class specially empowered in this behalf 
by the State Government in 
consultation with the High Court ” shall 
be substituted ; 
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 1898 V Code of  (ii) in sub-section (1A), for the words 
   Criminal   “the District Magistrate or Sub 
   Procedure,   divisional Magistrate”, the words, 
   1898–   brackets and figure “ the Magistrate 
   contd.   empowered under sub -section (1) ” 
shall be substituted. 
    55. In section 350, in proviso (b) to sub -section 
(1), for the words “ subordinate to the District 
Magistrate, the District  Magistrate”, the 
words, “the Court of Session” shall be 
substituted ; and the words “ or District 
Magistrate ” shall be deleted. 
    56. In section 380, the words “ or a Sub -divisional 
Magistrate ” shall be deleted. 
    57. In section 407,- 
     (i) in sub-section (1),- 
      (a) the word “ sub -division ” shall be 
deleted ; 
      (b) for the words “ District Magistrate 
”, the words “ Court of Sessions ” 
shall be substituted ; 
     (ii) in sub-section (2),- 
      (a) for the words “ District Magistrate 
” wherever they occur, the words “ 
Sessions Judge ” shall be 
substituted ; 
      (b) after the words “ State 
Government ”, the words “ in 
consultation with the High Court ” 
shall be inserted. 
    58. In section 409, for the words “ a District 
Magistrate or other ”, the words “ or a ” shall 
be substituted. 
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 1898 V Code of 59. In section 413, for the words “ District 
   Criminal  Magistrate or other ”, the letter “a ” shall 
   Procedure  be substituted. 
   1898- contd. 
    60. In section 428, in sub -section (1), for the 
words “ by a Magist rate ”, the words “ by a 
Judicial Magistrate ” shall be substituted. 
    61. In section–435,- 
     (i) in sub -section (1), the words “ or 
District Magistrate, or any 
Sub-divisional Magistrate empowered 
by the State Government in this 
behalf,” and the Expla nation to the said 
sub-section shall be deleted; 
     (ii) for sub -sections (2) and (4), the 
following shall be substituted, 
namely :- 
     “(2) The District Magistrate or any 
Sub-divisional Magistrate empowered 
by the State Government in this behalf, 
may call for and examine the record of 
any proceedings before any 
Subordinate Executive Magistrate for 
the purpose of satisfying himself as to 
the correctness, legality or propriety of 
any order recorded or passed and as to 
the regularity of any proceedings of 
such Subordinate Magistrate and may, 
when calling for such record, direct that 
the execution of any order be 
suspended and if the person is in 
confinement that he be released on bail 
on his own bond pending the 
examination of the record. 
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 1898 V Code of  (3) If any Sub-divisional Magistrate acting 
   Criminal   under sub-section (2), considers that 
   Procedure   any such proceeding or order is illegal 
   1898– contd.   or improper he shall forward the record 
with such remarks thereon as he thinks 
fit to the District Magistrate. 
     (4) The High Court may call for and 
examine the record of any proceeding 
under section 143, 144 or 145, 
notwithstanding the fact that such 
proceeding was bef ore an Executive 
Magistrate”. 
    62. In section 436,- 
     (i) the said section shall be renumbered as 
sub-section (1) of that section; 
     (ii) in sub -section (1) so renumbered, for 
the words “ the District Magistrate by 
himself or by any of the Magistrates 
subordinate to him, to make, and the 
District Magistrate may himself make, 
or direct any subordinate Magistrate to 
make”, the words “the Judicial 
Magistrate to make,” shall be 
substituted ; 
     (iii) the following new sub -section shall be 
added, namely :- 
     “(2) On examining any record under section 
435 or otherwise, the District 
Magistrate may direct any 
Sub-Divisional Magistrate or any other 
Executive Magistrate subordinate to 
him to make, and the Sub -divisional 
Magistrate may himself make or direct 
any subordinate Magistrate to make, 
further inquiry into any proceedings : 
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 1898 V Code of   Provided that no District Magistrate 
   Criminal   shall make any direction under this 
   Procedure   section for further inquiry into the 
   1898– contd.   case of any p erson unless such person 
has had an opportunity of showing 
cause why such direction should not be 
made”. 
    63. In section 437, the words “ or District 
Magistrate ” and the words “ or Magistrate  ” 
wherever they occur, shall be deleted. 
    64. In section 438, the words “ or District 
Magistrate ” shall be deleted. 
    65. In section 479, the words “District 
Magistrate” shall be deleted. 
    66. In section 488, in sub -section (1), the words, 
“the District Magistrate,” and the words, “a 
Sub-divisional Magistrate ” shall be deleted. 
    6[67. In section 503 as inserted by section 21 of Act 
I of 1951, in sub-section (2),- 
     (i) for the words “ such magistrate shall 
apply to the district magistrate ”, the 
following shall be substituted, 
namely :- 
      “ such magistrate, if he is a judicial 
magistrate shall apply to the sessions 
judge and if he is an executive 
magistrate shall apply to the district 
magistrate,”; 
     (ii) for the words “ and the district 
magistrate ”, the words “ and the 
sessions jud ge or the district 
magistrate, as the case may be, ” shall 
be substituted.] 
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 1898 V Code of 68. For section 515, the following shall be 
   Criminal  substituted, namely :- 
   Procedure 
   1898– contd. “515. All orders passed under section 514 by an 
Executive Magistrate other than the District 
Magistrate shall be appealable to the District 
Magistrate and by a Judicial Magistrate other 
than a Pres idency Magistrate to the Sessions 
Judge and if no appeal is made against such 
orders they may be revised in the case of the 
orders passed by an Executive Magistrate by 
the District Magistrate and in the case of the 
orders passed by a Judicial Magistrate by  the 
Sessions Judge”. 
    69. In section 524, in sub -section (1), for the 
words “ of a Magistrate of the first class” the 
words “of an Executive Magistrate” shall be 
substituted. 
    70. In section 528, in sub-section (2),– 
     (i) for the words “ Distric t Magistrate or 
Sub-Divisional Magistrate ”, the words “ 
or Sessions Judge ” shall be substituted 
; 
     (ii) in the marginal note to the said 
sub-section, for the words “ District or 
Sub-divisional Magistrate ”,  the words 
“ Chief Presidency Magistrate or  
Sessions Judge ” shall be substituted. 
    71. In section 559, in sub -section (2), for the 
words “the District Magistrate outside such 
towns,” the words “outside such town, the 
Sessions Judge in the Case of Judicial 
Magistrates and the District Magistrate  in the 
case of Executive Magistrates,” shall be 
substituted. 
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Appeal 
from,and 
revision of 
,orders under 
section 514. 
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