Police Magistrates Act 1864, 21 of 1864, (Rep., Act 4 of 1877)

Section 111. Any Magistrate of Police in ~alcutta suthorized as afo~esaid may without any complaint take cognizan

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

111. Any Magistrate of Police in ~alcutta suthorized as afo~esaid may without any complaint take cognizance gf ally offeilce Magistrate may tali? cognizance o i ofinoes \vitl~ont cornwhich Ize has power to hear a,nd dispose of in a sunlplaint rnade. macry ixanner, ~vhic11 niay collie to his knowledge, and he may issuc a suml~lons, or, in cases where a is-arrant mag issuc, a warrant of arrcst ao-ainst the person known or suspected to have conlmitied such offence, P in the same mailner as if a complaint liacl been inade a'gaiilst such person. `b`

Source: India Code