Section-158 7 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Power of Magistrate to direct local investigation and examination of an expert – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code.
| Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 | Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) |
| 158. Power of Magistrate to direct local investigation and examination of an expert.—The Magistrate may, for the purposes of an inquiry under section 156 or section 157— (a) direct a local investigation to be made by such person as he thinks fit; or (b) summon and examine an expert. | 139. Power of Magistrate to direct local investigation and examination of an expert.—The Magistrate may, for the purposes of an inquiry under section 137 or section 138— (a) direct a local investigation to be made by such person as he thinks fit; or (b) summon and examine an expert. |