(1) Whenever a local inquiry is necessary for the purposes of section 164,
section 165 or section 166, a District Magistrate or Sub-divisional Magistrate may depute
any Magistrate subordinate to him to make the inquiry, and may furnish him with such
written instructions as may seem necessary for his guidance, and may declare by whom the
whole or any part of the necessary expenses of the inquiry shall be paid.
(2) The report of the person so deputed may be read as evidence in the case.
(3) When any costs have been incurred by any party to a proceeding under
section 164, section 165 or section 166, the Magistrate passing a decision may direct by
whom such costs shall be paid, whether by such party or by any other party to the proceeding,
and whether in whole or in part or proportion and such costs may include any expenses
incurred in respect of witnesses and of pleaders’ fees, which the Court may consider reasonable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
(1) Whenever a local inquiry is necessary for the purposes of section 164,section 165 or section 166, a District Magistrate or Sub-divisional Magistrate may deputeany Magistrate subordinate to him to make the inquiry, and may furnish him with suchwritten instructions as may seem necessary for his guidance, and may declare by whom thewhole or any […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[125,124,134,132,130,136,137,126,127,123,129,128,133,111,135,112,121,122,113,114,131],"class_list":["post-1551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-bharatiya-nagarik-suraksha-sanhita-bnss","tag-bharatiya-nagarik-suraksha-sanhita-2023","tag-bhartiya-nagrik-suraksha-sanhita","tag-bnss-2024-india","tag-bnss-all-sections","tag-bnss-bare-act","tag-bnss-chapter-wise-sections","tag-bnss-fir-section","tag-bnss-full-form","tag-bnss-pdf-download","tag-bnss-sections-in-hindi","tag-bnss-sections-list","tag-bnss-vs-crpc","tag-crpc-replaced-by-bnss","tag-expert-vakil","tag-expert-vakil-bnss","tag-expertvakil","tag-indian-kanoon","tag-indiankanoon","tag-ishan-tathagat","tag-ishantathagat","tag-new-criminal-law-india"],"yoast_head":"\n