The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 34] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1978/MAGHA 5, 1899
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78 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY FPART IT—Sec. 3(i)lProvided that an officer holding, for the time being, the rank of Assistant Commandant, shall not pass a sentence imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, or of fine exceeding Rs. 1,000/-, or of both, while convicting and sen- tencing an accused person in any trial;
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
New Delhi, the 25th January, 1978
NOTIFICATION
G.S.R. 43(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 16 of the Central Reserve Police Force Act, 1949 (66 of 1949) and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs No. J-II-9/74-Adm. (GPA-I), dated the 30th March, 1974 the Central Government hereby invests, with immediate effect, for the purpose of inquiring into or trying offences specified in that sub-section and in respect of all matters incidental to such inquiry or trial of such offences every officer holding, for the time being, the rank of—
(a) a Commandant and an Assistant Commandant (in- cluding officers of the same ranks posted in static Units or Establishments and offices in the Force and Medical Officers holding the same ranks posted in the Base Hospital or other Hospital of the Force) with all the powers of—
(i) a Metropolitan Magistrate, in relation to a metro-
politan area; and
(ii) a Judicial Magistrate of the first class In relation to any area outside the metropolitan area, under the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 (2 of 1974) (hereinafter referred to as the said Code :
(b) a Commandant (including an officer posted in any static Unit, Establishment or Office in the Force) or a Chief Medical Officer or a Senior Medical Officer ported in a Base Hospital or any other Hospital of the Force, with the powers of a Chief Metropolitan Magistrate or a Chief Judicial Magis- trate, as the case may be under the said Cod", with respect to the matters specified in the Schedule annexed hereto.
SCHEDULE
Sr. No. Powers
Section of the said
Code
1 2
3
1. Power to require the postal or tele- graph authority to cause search to be mado and to detain any documents, parcel or thing
Section 92
2. Power to issue search warrant
93
Section
3. Power to make cover cases after tak- ing cognizance for inquiry or trial to another Magistrate
Section 192
4. Power to try summarily .
Section 260
306
Section
5. Power to tender pardon to accomplice
6. Power to withdraw or recall cases . Section 410
(No. J-Il-9/74-Adm/GPA.I]
C. G. SOMIAH, Jt. Secy.