BNSS 17 — Subordination of Executive Magistrates.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

(1) All Executive Magistrates shall be subordinate to
the  District  Magistrate,  and  every  Executive  Magistrate  (other  than  the  Sub-divisional  Magistrate)
exercising powers in a sub-division shall also be subordinate to the Sub-divisional Magistrate, subject, to
the general control of the District Magistrate.
(2) The District Magistrate may, from time to time, make rules or give special orders, consistent with
this Sanhita, as to the distribution or allocation of business among the Executive Magistrates subordinate
to him.

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