Section 158 BNSS — Power of Magistrate to direct local investigation and examination of an expert

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Official PDF page 48

158. The Magistrate may, for the purposes of an inquiry under section 156 or section 157—

(a) direct a local investigation to be made by such person as he thinks fit; or

(b) summon and examine an expert.

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