Amendment of section 190 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898

In section 190,- (i) in sub-section (1),– (a) the words, “ District Magistrate or Sub-divisional Magistrate” shall be deleted; (b) for the words “ any other ”, the words “ any Judicial ” shall be substituted; (c) after the words “in this behalf” the words “ by the State Government in consultation with the High Court ” shall be inserted; (ii) in sub-section (2), the words, “or the District Magistrate subject to the general or special orders of the State Government,” shall be deleted; (iii) in sub-section (3), after the words “the State Government may”, the words “in consultation with the High Court” shall be inserted.