Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Section 158: Power of Magistrate to direct local investigation and examination of an expert

Chapter XI — Maintenance of Public Order and Tranquillity

158. The Magistrate may, for the purposes of an inquiry under section 156 or section 157—

(a) direct a local investigation to be made by such person as he thinks fit; or

(b) summon and examine an expert.