Section 478. Power to alter functions allocated to judicial and Executive Magistrates in certain cases
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Act
Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
Section number
478
Section reader
Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
478.Power to alter functions allocated to judicial and Executive Magistrates in certain cases.-
If the State Legislature by a resolution so requires, the State Government may, after consultation with the High Court, by notification, direct that-
(a) references in section 108, 109 and 110 to a Judicial Magistrate of the first class shall be construed as references to an Executive Magistrate;
(b) references in sections 145 and 147 to an Executive Magistrate shall be construed as references to a Judicial Magistrate of the first class.
