Section 178 BNSS| Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS):
Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry.
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.
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