Upon complaint made on oath of the abduction or unlawful detention of a woman for an unlawful purpose,…

Section 101 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 98 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, 'Power to compel restoration of abducted females') expressly names 'a District Magistrate, Sub-divisional Magistrate or Magistrate of the first class' as the authorities empowered, upon complaint made on oath of the abduction or unlawful detention of a woman or a female child for any unlawful purpose, to make an order for her immediate restoration. The title 'Chief Judicial Magistrate' is not separately enumerated in the text of Section 101.