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The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898

Section 159Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry

In forcePart V INFORMATION TO THE POLICE AND THEIR POWERS TO INVESTIGATEChapter XIV

Part V INFORMATION TO THE POLICE AND THEIR POWERS TO INVESTIGATE

Chapter XIV

s. 159

159. Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry Such Magistrate, on receiving such report, may direct an investigation or, if he thinks fit, at once proceed, or depute any Magistrate subordinate to him to proceed, to hold a preliminary inquiry into, or otherwise to dispose of, the case in manner provided in this Code.

End of s. 159. Not in the index for this Act: Schedule (sub).

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