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Section 140 - Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
140. Power of Magistrate to furnish written instructions, etc.-
(1) Where the Magistrate directs a local investigation by any person under section 139, the Magistrate may-
(a) furnish such person with such written instructions as may seem necessary for his guidance;
(b) declare by whom the whole or any part of the necessary expenses of the local investigation shall be paid.
(2) The report of such person may be read as evidence in the case.
(3) Where the Magistrate summons and examines an expert under section 139, the Magistrate may direct by whom the costs of such summoning and examination shall be paid.
Related Sections
- Section 480: Practising pleader not to sit as Magistrate in certain Courts
- Section 97: Search for persons wrongfully confined
- Section 366: Sentence of death to be submitted by Court of Session for confirmation
- Section 440: Amount of bond and reduction thereof
- Section 273: Evidence to be taken in presence of accused
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- India International Arbitration Centre Act, 2019
- Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016
- Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Amendment Act, 2018
- Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Act, 2020
- Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016
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