The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

§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.

Old law ⇄ new law

Renumberedold law ⇄ new law

Old lawCRPC §139Power of Magistrate to direct local investigation and examination of an expert New lawBNSS §158Power of Magistrate to direct local investigation and examination of an expert

CRPC §139 → BNSS §158 per the official NCRB Sankalan table.

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Official text: Gazette of India via MHA (official) ↗

Official Gazette text: The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023), English PDF as hosted by Ministry of Home Affairs (mha.gov.in, file 250884_2_english_01042024.pdf). Extracted via pdftotext 26.07 -bbox and @nexlex/ingest gazette-bbox parser on 2026-07-14. Automated parse; structural validation + spot verification; full clause-level proofread pending.

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