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Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Act No. 46 of 2023

Chapter XI — MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ORDER AND TRANQUILLITY B.—Public nuisances

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

Gazette p. 48

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.