Section 139. Power of Magistrate to direct local investigation and examination of an expert
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Act
Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
Section number
139
Section reader
139. Power of Magistrate to direct local investigation and examination of an expert.-
The Magistrate may, for the purposes of an inquiry under section 137 or section 138-
(a) direct a local investigation to be made by such person as he thinks fit; or