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CrPC Section 159. Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry


 
Category of Bare Act Name of the Act Year of Promulgation
Criminal Laws Code of Criminal Procedure 1973
Act Number Enactment Date Chapter Number
02 01-04-1974 12
Chapter Title Ministry Department
Information to the Police and their Power to Investigate Ministry of Home Affairs Department of Internal Security

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 the manner provided in this Code.

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