17. 1[Subordination of 2* * * Magistrates and Benches to Sessions Judge.(1) All 2* * * Magistrates
appointed under sections 12 and [,14A], and all Benches constituted under section 15, shall be subordinate
to the Sessions Judge and he may, from time to time, make rules or give special orders consistent with this
Code and any rules framed by the Provincial Government under Section 16, as to the distribution of
business among such Magistrates and Benches.
(2) Subordination of Assistant Sessions Judges to Sessions Judge. All Assistant Sessions Judges shall
be subordinate to the Sessions Judge in whose Court they exercise jurisdiction, and he may, from time to
time, make rules consistent with this Code as to the distribution of business among such, Assistant Sessions
Judges.
(3) The Sessions Judge may also, when he himself is unavoidably absent or incapable of acting, make
provision for the disposal of any urgent application by an Additional or Assistant Sessions Judge or, if there
be no Additional or Assistant Judge, by [2* * *] such Judge or Magistrate shall have jurisdiction to deal with
any such application. 2* * *
DCourts of Presidency Magistrates.
18 to 21. [Appointment of Presidency Magistrates. Benches, Local limits of Jurisdiction. Chief
Presidency Magistrate.] Omitted by A.O., 1949, Sch.
E.Justices of the Peace
3[22. Appointment of Justices of the Peace. The Provincial Government may, by notification in the
official Gazette, appoint for such period as may be specified in the notification, and subject to such rules as
may be made by it, any person who is a citizen of Pakistan and as to whose integrity and suitability it is
satisfied to be a Justice of the Peace for a local area to be specified in the notification, and more than one
Justice of the Peace may be appointed for the same local area.
22A. Powers of Justices of the Peace.(1) A Justice of the Peace for any local area shall, for the
purpose of making an arrest, have within such area all the powers of a policeofficer referred to in section
54 and of an officer in charge of a policestation referred to in section 55.
(2) A Justice of the Peace making an arrest in exercise of any powers under subsection (1) shall,
forthwith, take or cause to be taken the person arrested before the officer incharge of the nearest police
station and furnish such officer with a report as to the circumstances of the arrest and such officer shall
thereupon rearrest the person.
(3) A Justice of the Peace for any local area shall have powers, within such area, to call upon any
member of the police force on duty to aid him__
1 Omitted & Subs. by ord. 12 of 1972, s.2 & Sch.
2 Omitted. by Ord. 37 of 2001, s. 11 (w.e.f. 1482001).
3 Subs. by the Law Reforms Ordinance, 1972 (12 of 1972), s. 2 and Sch., for section 22, which has previously been amended by various enactments.
Enforced in the Punjab w.e.f 201282, see, Punjab Govt. Notification No. O.S. D(C) Home11082 dated 12.12.82.
Enforced in Sind w.e.f. 211280, see, Sind Govt. Notification No. VII (488) S.O.J/79, dated 211280, Sind Gazette of 1980, Ext., Pt. I, p. 945A, section 22, clauses (a), (b) and (c) of subsection 5 of
section 22 and clauses (a) and (b) of section 22B have been enforced.
Enforced in Baluchistan w.e.f 1283, see the Baluchistan Gazette, dated 6283, Pt. I. p.2. Section 22, clauses (a), (b) and (c) of subsection 5 of session 22A and clauses (a) and (b) of section 22B
have been enforced.
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