RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN CERTAIN MATTERS AND PROCEDURE FOR ATTACHMENT AND FORFEITURE OF PROPERTYBharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN CERTAIN MATTERS AND PROCEDURE FOR ATTACHMENT AND FORFEITURE OF PROPERTYBharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Cognizance of offences: magistrates may act on complaints, police reports or information; delegation to subordinate magistrates permitted. A first class Magistrate and a second class Magistrate when specially empowered may take cognizance of offences upon receiving a complaint of facts ... Summary
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Cognizance of offences: magistrates may act on complaints, police reports or information; delegation to subordinate magistrates permitted.
A first class Magistrate and a second class Magistrate when specially empowered may take cognizance of offences upon receiving a complaint of facts (including from persons authorised under special laws), upon a police report (including electronic submission), or upon information from any person other than a police officer or upon the Magistrate's own knowledge. The Chief Judicial Magistrate may empower a second class Magistrate to take cognizance of offences within that Magistrate's competence to inquire into or try.
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