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Section 159 - Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
159. Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry.-
Such Magistrate, on receiving such report, 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 Code.
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- Section 478: Power to alter functions allocated to judicial and Executive Magistrates in certain cases
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