BNSS178
BNSS Section 178: Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry
Verbatim · BNSS178. Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry.—The Magistrate, on receiving a report under section 176, 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 Sanhita.
Corresponds (indicatively) to CrPC 159 of the repealed Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC → BNSS table
Cite as: Section 178, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023)