Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
322.Procedure in cases which Magistrate cannot
dispose of.-
(1) If, in the course of any inquiry into an
offence or a trial before a Magistrate in any district, the evidence appears to
him to warrant a presumption-
(a) that he has no jurisdiction to try the case or commit it for trial, or
(b) that the case is one which should be tried or committed for trial by some
other Magistrate in
the district, or
(c) that the case should be tried by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, he shall
stay the proceedings and submit the case, with a brief report explaining its
nature, to the Chief Judicial Magistrate or to such other Magistrate, having
jurisdiction, as the Chief Judicial Magistrate directs.
(2) The Magistrate to whom the case is
submitted may, if so empowered, either try the case himself, or refer it to any
Magistrate subordinate to him having jurisdiction, or commit the accused for
trial.