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Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

Section 224

Procedure by Magistrate not competent to take cognizance of case.—If the complaint is made

Statutory Content

to a Magistrate who is not competent to take cognizance of the offence, he shall,— (a) if the complaint is in writing, return it for presentation to the proper Court with an endorsement to that effect; (b) if the complaint is not in writing, direct the complainant to the proper Court.