Lawgist166BLetter of request from a country or place outside India to a Court or an authority for investigation in India
1[166B. Letter of request from a country or place outside India to a Court or an authority for investigation in India.--(1) Upon receipt of a letter of request from a Court or an authority in a country or place outside India competent to issue such letter in that country or place for the examination of any person or production of any document or thing in relation to an offence under investigation in that country or place, the Central Government may, if it thinks fit--
(i) forward the same to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate or Chief Judicial Magistrate or such Metropolitan Magistrate or Judicial Magistrate as he may appoint in this behalf, who shall thereupon summon the person before him and record his statement or cause the document or thing to be produced; or
(ii) send the letter to any police officer for investigation, who shall thereupon investigate into the offence in the same manner,
as if the offence had been committed within India.
(2) All the evidence taken or collected under sub-section (1), or authenticated copies thereof or the thing so collected, shall be forwarded by the Magistrate or police officer, as the case may be, to the Central Government for transmission to the Court or the authority issuing the letter of request, in such manner as the Central Government may deem fit.]
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- 154 Information in cognizable cases
- 155 Information as to non-cognizable cases and investigation of such cases
- 156 Police officer‘s power to investigate cognizable case
- 157 Procedure for investigation
- 158 Report how submitted
- 159 Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry
- 160 Police officer‘s power to require attendance of witnesses
- 161 Examination of witnesses by police
- 162 Statements to police not to be signed: Use of statements in evidence
- 163 No inducement to be offered
- 164 Recording of confessions and statements
- 164A Medical examination of the victim of rape
- 165 Search by police officer
- 166 When officer in charge of police station may require another to issue search-warrant
- 166A Letter of request to competent authority for investigation in a country or place outside India
- 166B Letter of request from a country or place outside India to a Court or an authority for investigation in India
- 167 Procedure when investigation cannot be completed in twenty-four hours
- 168 Report of investigation by subordinate police officer
- 169 Release of accused when evidence deficient
- 170 Cases to be sent to Magistrate, when evidence is sufficient
- 171 Complainant and witnesses not to be required to accompany police officer and not to be subjected to restraint
- 172 Diary of proceedings in investigation
- 173 Report of police officer on completion of investigation
- 174 Police to enquire and report on suicide, etc
- 175 Power to summon persons
- 176 Inquiry by Magistrate into cause of death
