(1) All Executive Magistrates, other than the Additional District Magistrate, shall be subordinate to the District Magistrate, and every Executive Magistrate (other than the Sub-divisional Magistrate) exercising powers in a sub-division shall also be subordinate to the Sub-divisional Magistrate, subject, however, to the general control of the District Magistrate.
(2) The District Magistrate may, from time to time, make rules or give special orders, consistent with this Code, as to the distribution of business among the Executive Magistrates subordinate to him and as to the allocation of business to an Additional District Magistrate.
Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)
21 CrPC Special Executive Magistrates
22 CrPC Local jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates
23 CrPC Subordination of Executive Magistrates
25 CrPC Assistant Public Prosecutors
25A CrPC Directorate of Prosecution
26 CrPC Courts by which offences are triable
27 CrPC Jurisdiction in the case of juveniles
28 CrPC Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass