District Magistrate and Chief Judicial Magistrate

District Magistrate and Chief Judicial Magistrate.

1. (1) In every district the Government] shall appoint an executive Magistrate] of the first class, who shall be called the District Magistrate. (1-a) In every district the High Court_shall invest a Judicial Magistrate of the first Class with the powers of a Chief Judicial Magistrate under this Code or any other law for the time being in force.
2. (2) The Government may appoint one or more Executive Magistrates of first class to be Additional District Magistrates in a district and such Additional District Magistrate shall have all or any of the powers of a District Magistrate under this Code or under any other law for the time being in force, as the Government may direct. Explanation.-In its application to Sessions Division Poonch the words "Executive Magistrate" shall be substituted by he words " any Magistrate" till the Jammu and Kashmir Separation of Judicial and Executive Functions Act, 1966 is enforced in the said Sessions Divisions of Poonch].
3. (3) For the purposes of sections 192 sub-section (1), and 528 sub-sections (2) and (3), such Additional District Magistrate shall be deemed to be subordinate to the District Magistrate.