Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 — Section 16: Power to frame rules for guidance of 3[Magistrates and] Benches

16. Power to frame rules for guidance of 3[Magistrates and] Benches. The 1[Provincial Government] may, 2[* * * * * * *] from time to time, make rules5 consistent with this Code for the guidance of 4[all Magistrates and] 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 4[;] 4 [(e) The mode and manner of conducting raids and trial on the spot.] 17. 2 [Subordination of 6[*] Magistrates and Benches to Sessions Judge.__ (1) All 6[*] Magistrates appointed under sections 12 and 14 4[,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.] E.__ Justices of the Peace 1 [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.