Section 7. In section 135 of the principal Act,

7. In section 135 of the principal Act,— (a) in sub-section (1), for the words "any district magistrate or magistrate of the first class", the words "any metropolitan magistrate or judicial magistrate of the first class" shall be substituted; (b) in sub-section (3), for the words and figures "district magistrate or magistrate of the first class or an authority exercising in that place powers equivalent to those of a magistrate of the first class under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898", the words and figures "metropolitan magistrate or judicial magistrate of the first class or an authority exercising the powers equivalent to those of a judicial magistrate of the first class under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973" shall be substituted; (i) for the words "if he is a district magistrate he or such magistrate of the first class as is appointed by him in this behalf", the words "if he is a Chief Metropolitan Magistrate or Chief Judicial Magistrate, he or such metropolitan magistrate or judicial magistrate of the first class as is appointed by him in this behalf" shall be substituted; (ii) for the words and figures "Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898", the words and figures "Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973" shall be substituted. Amendment of section 141.