Fourth ScheduleADDITIONAL POWERS WITH WHICH MAGISTRATES MAY BE INVESTED

Fourth Schedule

SCHEDULE IV (see sections 37 and 38) ADDITIONAL POWERS WITH WHICH MAGISTRATES MAY BE INVESTED I. A Magistrate of the first class may be invested by the Government-II. A Magistrate of the first class by the Chief Judicial Magistrate-III. A Magistrate of the second class by the Government- (a) Power to record statements and confession during a police investigation, section 164; (b) Power to authorize detention of a person in the custody of the police during police investigation, section 167; (c) Power to take cognizance of offences, section 190. IV. A Magistrate of the second class by the Chief Judicial Magistrate-Power to take cognizance of offences, section 190 (2). V. A Magistrate of the third class by Government or Chief Judicial Magistrate-Power to take cognizance of offences, section 190 sub-section (1) clause (a) (b). VI. An Executive Magistrate by the Government- (a) Power to issue search-warrant otherwise than in course of inquiry, section 98; (b) Power to require security for good behaviour in case of seditions, section 108; (c) Power to make orders prohibiting repetition of nuisance, section 143; (d) Power to make orders under sections 144, 145 and 147; (e) Power to held inquests, section 174. VII. An Executive Magistrate by the District Magistrate - (a) Power to make orders prohibiting repetition of nuisance, section 143; (b) Power to hold inquests, section 174.] (a) | Power to try offence not punishable with death or imprisonment for life or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years section 29C; (b) | Power to try summarily section 260. (a) | Power to transfer cases. section 192; (b) | Power to pass sentence in proceeding recorded by a Magistrate of the second or third class section 349.

1. 1 "SCHEDULE IV" was substituted by section 102 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. XXXII of 2009) (with effect from 1st November, 2007).