Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023
Section 178 :
Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry :
(See section 159 of CrPC 1973)
The Magistrate, on receiving report under section 176, may direct an investigation, or, if he thinks fit, at once proceed, or depute any Magistrate subordinate to him to proceed, to hold a preliminary inquiry into, or otherwise to dispose of, the case in the manner provided in this Sanhita.
