BNSS · Section 13 · Chapter II — CONSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES

Subordination of Judicial Magistrates.

What this section does

Every Chief Judicial Magistrate is subordinate to the Sessions Judge, and all other Judicial Magistrates are subordinate to the Chief Judicial Magistrate subject to the Sessions Judge's general control. The Chief Judicial Magistrate may make rules or give special orders for distribution of business among subordinate Judicial Magistrates.

AI-generated plain-language summary. For the binding statutory text, see India Code (official).

Procedure at a glance

Key actors: Sessions Judge · Chief Judicial Magistrate · Judicial Magistrate

Old-law correspondence

Derived from CrPC s.15.

Read the official text

For the binding statutory text of BNSS Section 13, refer to the Gazette of India or the India Code official website.

Why this matters

BNSS Section 13 forms part of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita which replaced the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 on 1 July 2024. Any new filing, FIR, charge sheet, or bail application made on or after that date should cite the new section number. References to the old act in legacy documents remain valid for matters that arose before the changeover.