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For section 12, the following section shall be substi- tuted, namely :— ‘,12. (1) The State Government may appoint as many Appoint- persons meat of as it thinks fit besides the District subor- Magistrate, to be Magistrates of the-first, second dinate or -third class in any district, outside the Presi- Magistrate& deny-town, to be referred to as Executive judicial Magistrates and the State Government or the Ettnrecutive.. District Magistrate, subject to the control of the State Government, may, from time to time, define the local areas within which such Executive Magistrate may exercise all or any of the powers with which they may respectively be invested under this Code. (2) The State Government may, in consultation with the High Court, appoint as many persons as it thinks fit, from among members of the Judicial Service of the State, to be Magistrates of the first, second or third class in any district, outside the Presidency-town, to be referred to as Judicial Magistrates and the State Government in consulta- tion with the High Court or the Sessions Judge, subject to the control of the State Government in consultation with the High Court, may, from time to time, define the local areas within which such Judicial Magistrates may exercise all or any of the powers with which they may be invested under this Code. The West Bengal' Separation of Judicial and Executive Functions Act, 1968. [President's Act (3) The State Government may, in consultation with the High Court, appoint for such period not exceeding five years as many persons, as it considers necessary, who are or had been members of the West Bengal Civil Service (Executive) or the West Bengal Junior Civil Service, to be Judicial Magistrates in any district, outside the Presidency-town and the State Government in consultation with the High Court or the Sessions Judge, subject to the control of the State Government in consultation with the High Court, may define the local areas within which such Judicial Magistrates may exercise all or any of the powers with which they may be invested under this Code. ::4) Except as otherwise provided in sub-sections (1), (2) and (3), the jurisdiction and powers of Executive Magistrates and Judicial Magistrates so appointed shall extend throughout such district. (5) Appointment and control of Judicial Magistrates under sub-sections (2) and (3) shall, on the issue of a public uotiiication under article 237 of the Constitution of India, be in accordance with the terms of the said notification.",