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Code of Criminal Procedure(Amendment) Act (No. 52 of 1980) - Sect 4

Amendment of section 115 of the principal enactment

4.Section 115 of the principal enactment is here by amended by the repeal of subsection(1)of that section and the substitution therefor of the following new subsection: -
"(1)Whenever an investigation under this Chapter cannot be completed within the period of twenty-four hour fixed by section 37 ,and there are grounds for believing that further investigation is necessary the officer in charge of police station or the inquirer shall fourth-with forward the suspect to the Magistrate having jurisdiction in the case and shall at the same time transmit to such Magistrate a report of the case together with a summary of the statements, if any, made by each of the witness examined in the course of such investigation relating to the case",


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