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Section 17 - Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
17.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate and Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrates.-
(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.
Related Sections
- Section 484: Repeal and savings
- Section 38: Aid to person, other than police officer, executing warrant
- Section 135: Person to whom order is addressed to obey or show cause
- Section 94: Search of place suspected to contain stolen property, forged documents, etc
- Section 161: Examination of witnesses by police
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- Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019
- Punjab Municipal Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Amendment Act, 2017
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- Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2019
- National Institutes of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management Act, 2021
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