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Code Of Criminal Procedure Act (No. 15 of 1979) - Sect 118

Powers of police officers and inquirers in non-cognizable cases

118.
(1) Every inquirer and police officer shall have power, upon receiving an order from a Magistrate, to investigate a non-cognizable offence and to exercise all the powers conferred upon them by this Chapter in respect of such investigation.
(2) Subject to the provisions of section 37, every inquirer and officer in charge of a station shall have power to authorize the detention of a person during an investigation.

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