Section 16. Local Jurisdiction of Executive

(1) Subject to the control of the State Government, the District
Magistrate may, from time to time, define the local limits of the areas within which the Executive
Magistrates may exercise all or any of the powers with which they may be invested under this Sanhita.

(2) Except as otherwise provided by such definition, the jurisdiction and powers of every such
Magistrate shall extend throughout the district.