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Section 398 - Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
398.Power to order inquiry.-
On examining any record under section 397 or otherwise, the High Court or the Sessions Judge may direct the Chief Judicial Magistrate by himself or by any of the Magistrates subordinate to him to make, and the Chief Judicial Magistrate may himself make or direct any subordinate Magistrate to make, further inquiry into any complaint which has been dismissed under section 203 or sub-section (4) of section 204, or into the case of any person accused of an offence who has been discharged:
Provided that no Court shall make any direction under this section for inquiry into the case of any person who has been discharged unless such person has had an opportunity of showing cause why such direction should not be made.
Related Sections
- Section 130: Use of armed forces to disperse assembly
- Section 334: Judgment of acquittal on ground of unsoundness of mind
- Section 481: Public servant concerned in sale not to purchase or bid for property
- Section 274: Record in summons cases and inquiries
- Section 419: Direction of warrant for execution
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- National Commission for Backward Classes (Repeal) Act, 2018
- Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015
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- New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Act, 2019
- Code on Wages, 2019
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