Amendment of section 503 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898

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 judge or the district magistrate, as the case may be, ” shall be substituted.