Magistrate Court

Magistrate Court is a criminal court located in the districts and metropolitan areas of Bangladesh. At the district level, the court is referred to as Magistrate Court, which includes the courts of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Senior Judicial Magistrate, and Judicial Magistrate. On the other hand, in metropolitan areas, the courts of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, and Metropolitan Magistrate are collectively referred to as Magistrate Courts. According to section 4(k) of the amended Criminal Procedure Code of 2007, the term magistrate refers specifically to a Judicial Magistrate.