Amendment of section 349 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898

In section 349,-

(i) in sub-section (1), for the words “to the District Magistrate or Sub-Divisional Magistrate to whom he is subordinate”, the words “ to a Magistrate of the first class specially empowered in this behalf by the State Government in consultation with the High Court ” shall be substituted ;

(ii) in sub-section (1A), for the words “the District Magistrate or Sub divisional Magistrate”, the words, brackets and figure “ the Magistrate empowered under sub-section (1) ” shall be substituted.