CrPC § 15 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 15 CrPC — Subordination of Judicial Magistrates
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 13 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the CrPC.
The law now: BNSS 13 — Subordination of Judicial Magistrates
(1) Every Chief Judicial Magistrate shall be subordinate to the Sessions Judge; and every other Judicial Magistrate shall, subject to the general control of the Sessions Judge, be subordinate to the Chief Judicial Magistrate.
(2) The Chief Judicial Magistrate may, from time to time, make rules or give special orders, consistent with this Sanhita, as to the distribution of business among the Judicial Magistrates subordinate to him
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 13 in full