Local jurisdiction clarifications allow defining magistrates' territorial limits and extend their powers throughout the district and beyond. The Chief Judicial Magistrate, subject to High Court control, may define the local limits within which Magistrates may exercise any of their powers; a Court of Special Judicial Magistrate may sit anywhere within its established local area. Absent such a definition, a Magistrate's jurisdiction and powers extend throughout the district. If a Magistrate's local jurisdiction crosses district lines, references in the Sanhita to the Court of Session or Chief Judicial Magistrate are to be read as references to the court exercising jurisdiction in the relevant district, unless the context requires otherwise.