The High Court, if any request made by the Central or the State Government, confer upon a person, who holds or has been in the service of the Government with all or limited powers of a First Class or Second Class Magistrate, appoint him as Special Judicial Magistrate, for disposal of particular case or class of cases in any determined local area [not Metro].

No such person would be appointed for such post if he does not possess qualification and law experience. The High Court shall notify rules on such Appointment.

Such Magistrates be called Special Judicial Magistrates and their employment period shall not exceed 1 year. A notification be issued on such appointment by the High Court.

The Special Judicial Magistrate thus appointed shall also exercise powers of a Metropolitan Magistrate in any assigned Metro Area.

Under the control of High Court, the Chief Judicial Magistrate may define limits of the local areas, in which, the Magistrates appointed under Section 11 and 13 of Cr.P.C. could exercise the powers they invested with. The Special Judicial Magistrate is exempted from this.