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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 398

Power to Order Inquiry

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 398 is part of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Power to Order Inquiry. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

On examining any record under section 397 or otherwise, the High Court or the Sessions Judge may direct the Chief Judicial Magistrate by himself or by any of the Magistrates subordinate to him to make, and the Chief Judicial Magistrate may himself make or direct any subordinate Magistrate to make, further inquiry into any complaint which has been dismissed under section 203 of sub-section (4) of section 204 or into the case of any person accused of an offence who has been discharged:

Provided that no Court shall make any direction under this section for inquiry into the case of any person who has been discharged unless such person has had an opportunity of showing cause why such direction should not be made.

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What does Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 398 provide?

Section Section 398 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Power to Order Inquiry) is reproduced on this page as part of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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