Indian Penal Code, 1860
19.
"Judge"
The word
"Judge" denotes not only every person who is officially designated as
a Judge, but also every person who is empowered by law to give, in any legal
proceeding, civil or criminal, a definitive judgment, or a judgment which, if
not appealed against, would be definitive, or a judgment which is confirmed by
some other authority, would be definitive, or who is one of a body of persons,
which body of persons is empowered by law to give such a judgment.
Illustrations
(a) A Collector
exercising jurisdiction in a suit under Act 10 of 1859, is a Judge.
(b) A Magistrate
exercising jurisdiction in respect of a charge on which he has power to
sentence to fine or imprisonment, with or without appeal, is a Judge.
(c) A member of a
panchayat which has power, under Regulation VII, 1816, of the Madras Code, to
try and determine suits, is a Judge.
(d) A Magistrate
exercising jurisdiction in respect of a charge on which he has power only to
commit for trial to another court, is not a Judge.