CrPC Section 159 is now BNSS Section 178
- CrPC 159 (Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry) → BNSS 178 Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry
Verbatim · BNSS 178178. 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.
Read the full BNSS Section 178 →
The BNSS replaced the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 from 1 July 2024.
Old-to-new correspondence is indicative and not always one-to-one; read the new text itself.