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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.
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- Section 443: Power to order sufficient bail when that first taken in insufficient
- Section 95: Power to declare certain publications forfeited and to issue search-warrants for the same
- Section 106: Security for keeping the peace on conviction
- Section 159: Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry
- Section 335: Person acquitted on such ground to be detained in safe custody
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