Section 16Power to frame rules for guidance of Benches

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16. Power to frame rules for guidance of Benches The Government may, or, subject to the control of the Government, the [Chief Judicial Magistrate] may, from time to time, make rules consistent with this Code for the guidance of Magistrates' Benches in any district respecting the following subjects:- (a) the classes of cases to be tried; (b) the times and places of sitting; (c) the constitution of the Bench for conducting trials; (d) the mode of settling differences of opinion which may arise between the Magistrates in session.

1. 24. The words “Chief Judicial Magistrate” were substituted for the words “District Magistrate” by section 9 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. XXXII of 2009) (with effect from 1st November, 2007).